December 2011 New Mexico Genealogist to be mailed out January 5th

Earlier this month, I erroneously made an announcement that the December 2011 New Mexico Genelaogist was to be mailed on January 7th. It is actually going to be mailed out on Thursday, January 5, 2012. Sorry for the confusion.

Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families

Many of you may know about the former website "Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families". On this website Jose Antonio Esquibel and other genealogists posted articles that corrected mistakes and expanded genealogies from Fray Angelico Chavez's work "Origins of New Mexico Families". However, this website disappeared from the web some time ago and genealogists dispaired.

Well it's time to rejoice! The New Mexico Office of State Historian website appears to contain all of the articles. Click on this link, click on "people" and then click on "names" (it is one of the circles that you find on the left-hand side of the page.) You should then see a list of names. Click on the name that you wish to read and enjoy!

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December 2011 New Mexico Genealogist mailed in January

To members of the New Mexico Genealogical Society:

There will be a slight delay in the mailing of the December 2011 issue of the New Mexico Genealogist. It will be mailed on Thursday, January 5, 2012.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Robert Baca
President, New Mexico Genealogical Society

LAN at Albuquerque genealogy library

The genealogy library on the second floor of the Albuquerque Main Library has a LAN system. This database includes many different items. Below are just a few of those items.

The Albuquerque Main Library is located at 501 Copper Ave. NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information, click on this link or call the library at 505-768-5170 and ask for the genealogy collections.

WHAT CAN YOU FIND ON OUR LAN?


1. AGS Pedigree Searches

2. NMGS Pedigree Charts

3. New Mexico Ancestors

4. New Mexico Combined Index

5. New Mexico 1960 Phone Books

6. 1941-1949 Death Certificates

7. Journal Indexes

8. From many other states, you may even find:

a. Cemetery Records

b. Marriage Records

c. Tax Records

d. Will Books

e. Naturalization Records

9. Obituaries

a. Albuquerque Journal Obituaries

b. 2005-2007 Obituaries

10. The ANI Map

…and lots more…

PLUS AN ON-LINE TUTORIAL IF YOU NEED HELP GETTING STARTED

1598 New Mexico Blog

Any of you out there who know Henrietta Martinez Christmas know that she is probably one of the best ... darn ... New Mexico genealogist out there. She is also a ... darn ... good historian, too. Well, she's sharing her research on the 1598 New Mexico Blog. She's already posted a few articles on her blog, and their good.

Anyhow, Henrietta is a constant workhorse. She's published a number of books, many, many articles, been on the boards of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center, Historical Society of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Genealogical Society. I tapped her last year to co-ordinate our conference, and she is going to edit the New Mexico Genealogist next year. And that's just a few things that she's done. Honestly.

Rumor has it that she was partially inspired to do a blog by a certain NMGS president who publishes a couple of blogs himself.

If you are interested in her blog - and you should be - check on this link.

NMGS Video Blog December 22, 2011

New Mexico Genealogical Society President Robert Baca introduces the society to YouTube by talking about New Mexico history and his personal genealogy.

100 more Facebook members for NM's Centennial

As of yesterday, the New Mexico Genealogical Society's Facebook page had 260 members. New Mexico will be celebrating its centennial of statehood on January 6, 2012. To celebrate this anniversary, let's add 100 new members to the NMGS's Facebook page!

If you haven't join the NMGS Facebook page, please join. If you have joined the site, recommend it to family and friends! Send it to them as a free Christmas gift (after all, January 6th is the 12th day of Christmas!)

Click on this link to join!