It's Time to Renew Your Membership!

It's that time of the year to renew your membership to the New Mexico Genealogical society. Not a member? Then become one. Membership is $25.00 for one year and $45.00 for two.

What do you get for your membership?
* Four quarterly issues of our award-winning journal "The New Mexico Genealogist".

* Free shipping when purchasing any of our genealogy books. We publish baptismal, marriage and census abstractions, as well as other books of interest to New Mexican genealogists.

* Confer with others who understand your interest (obsession?)in genealogy.

* Support NMGS in its mission to provide genealogical programs for the public, and in its support of the Albuquerque genealogy library.

If you wish to join or renew your membership, click on this link, print and complete the form, and mail it with a check or money order to the address on the form. If you are currently a member, a membership form was mailed to you.

Remember, if you paid for two years in 2012, your membership continues through December 2013.

Special December NMGS Program - December 8th!

A December Program

Botts Hall
Albuquerque Special Collections Library
423 Central NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(on the corner of Central and Edith)

(Click here to view map.)

Saturday, December 8, 2012
10:30 AM - Noon

(The second Saturday of the month, instead of the third)

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Libraries

in cooperation with

The New Mexico Genealogical Society

Presents

Michael Scarborough

Trespassers on Our Own Land!

The Memoirs of Juan Valdez and the
June 5, 1967, Tierra Amarilla Courthouse Raid

Reies Lopez Tijerina, Patsy Tijerina, Benny Naranjo, Judge Scarborough, Dave Cargo. Why the very names conjure up shoot ‘em up times in the Old West! Juan Valdez, whose family lived in the area for countless generations, was the first of Tijerina’s lieutenants in the courthouse. Valdez related his memoirs to Mike Scarborough over the last several years and shortly thereafter passed away. This presentation will focus on the Valdez family history, events leading up to the raid, and the aftermath of the event as seen from the eyes of one of it main participants.

Mike Scarborough grew up in Espanola and was the son of Judge J. M Scarborough, the magistrate on the bench during the courthouse raid. Mike, a former attorney himself, was asked by Juan Valdez to write his family history. Trespassers On Our Own Land, published just this year, is the result of this research, and Scarborough will present excerpts from his book which he will sell and sign after the presentation.

This program is free and open to the public.

Questions? Call (505) 848-1376 or email info@nmgs.org.

Burial Records for the Rio Abajo (Southern NM)

The University of New Mexico has published online three research papers that might be of interest to people researching southern New Mexico, or what some of us like to call the Rio Abajo. All three books can be found in UNM's Lobo Vault.

Click on the links below to view:

* A Compilation of Burial Records of the Central New Mexico Villages of Tome, San Fernando, Los Enlames, Valencia, Peralta, Casa Colorada, & Manzano - Vol I by Oswald G. Baca and Mary Ann Baca.

* A Compilation of Burial Records of The Central New Mexico Villages of Tome, Valencia, Peralta, El Cerro, San Fernando, Los Enlames, La Constancia and Casa Colorada - Vol II by Oswald G. Baca and Mary Ann Baca.

* Burial Records From New Mexico's Rio Abajo: Tome and Associated Villages – Vol III by Oswald G. Baca and Mary Ann Baca.

Thanks to Manny Olona for pointing this out to us.

November 2012 NMGS Program

Botts Hall

Albuquerque Special Collection Library

423 Central NE

Albuquerque, NM

(On the corner of Central and Edith)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

10:30 AM – Noon

The Albuquerque Special Collections Library

and

The New Mexico Genealogical Society

 

Present

Richard Melzer

Delay after Delay and Finally,

Statehood at Last!

New Mexico's statehood was delayed for many reasons in the territorial period, 1850-1912 and this presentation will focus on five of the main reasons for the frustrating delay. Political cartoons from the last decade of the struggle will help illustrate New Mexico's troubles in Washington and in the court of public opinion. The presentation will end with a discussion of how these five main obstacles were overcome by 1910, thus allowing New Mexico to finally achieve statehood in 1912.

 

Richard Melzer is a professor at the University of New Mexico Valencia campus and is the author or editor of numerous books and literally hundreds of articles on New Mexico history.  His most recent works are:  New Mexico – Celebrating the Land of Enchantment, History of New Mexico Since Statehood, and Sunshine and Shadows in New Mexico’s Past.  We are grateful to Richard for agreeing to wrap up this series of programs celebrating the Centennial.

For more information about our programs, check out the New Mexico Genealogical Society’s website at www.nmgs.org.

This program is free and open to the public.

1885 US Census - Free blank form

The 1885 United States Census

We all know that the United States conducts a census every 10 years. Some of us also know that most of the 1890 census was destroyed in a fire. But did you know that there was a special 1885 semidecennial census that was taken here in New Mexico?

States were given the option to take this census. Any state that complied received from the federal government 50% of the cost to conduct the census. The states of Florida, Nebraska and Colorado and the territories of New Mexico and Dakota took up this opportunity to enumerate their people.

Genealogists can find the New Mexico 1885 Census in a couple of places. You may search for the census on Ancestry.com. Also, the microfilm of the census can be found in the Albuquerque Genealogy Library (2nd Floor of the Main Library), or in any Family History Center. The microfilm numbers are FHL 16610 and 16611.

Since we were unable to find a form that you may use to extract the census, The New Mexico Genealogical Society has created its own. Click this link to access a blank 1885 United States Census Population Schedule Form. An agriculture schedule form is forthcoming.

For more information:

Rebecca Crawford, "The Forgotten Federal Census of 1885", Prologue Magazine (Fall 2008) Vol. 40, No. 3, National Archives website http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2008/fall/1885-census.html, accessed 24 September 2012.

Karen Stein Daniel, Genealogical Resources in New Mexico, 3rd Edition (Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2007), p. 57.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Program in October

Botts Hall

Albuquerque Special Collection Library

423 Central NE

Albuquerque, NM

(On the corner of Central and Edith) 

Saturday, October 20, 2012

10:30 AM – Noon

 The Albuquerque Special Collections Library

and

The New Mexico Genealogical Society

Present

 

Richard Griswold del Castillo

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and its Effect on New Mexico’s Quest for Statehood

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S. Mexican War in 1848 and transferred New Mexico the United States.  From the beginning, the legal issues in the treaty were contested by the Hispano settlers who saw their land grants taken from them by the government and land speculators in addition lynching and violence against Hispanos occurred.  The Treaty was specifically mentioned in the New Mexico state constitution and it has remained an important legacy for many Hispanos. This presentation will explore the meaning of the Treaty for statehood and beyond.

Richard Griswold is currently a professor at San Diego State University.  He also has written many articles and several books which include:  Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – a Legacy of Conflict, Los Angeles Barrio 1850-1890, & Cesar Chavez – a Triumph of Spirit.  Richard’s work on the Treaty has been hailed as the definitive work on the subject.

For more information about our programs, check out the New Mexico Genealogical Society’s website at www.nmgs.org.

This program is free and open to the public.

NMGS Meet and Greet September 22, 2012

You are Invited

To a

MEET and GREET

September 22, 2012

From 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

The Albuquerque Main Library

5^th Street and Copper Ave. NW

Albuquerque

 Come to the Community Room (located on the Lower Level of the Main Library) 

PURPOSE: 

Come and get acquainted with other members of the New Mexico Genealogical Society who share your same interests in genealogy. Bring your research and share some of your research experiences with others researching the same surnames or areas of the state/country.

Find out ways you can help make the NMGS an ever greater organization and see what is being planned for the coming year.
 

Light refreshments will be served.

Door Prizes, too!

New Mexico Genealogical Society