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Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico

Bernalillo County

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Churches

Parish/Location

Missions/ Chapels

San Felipe de Neri (1706)
Albuquerque Old Town

San Jose de los Duranes

Bapt. 1703-1736	FHL 16635
Bapt. 1743-1802	FHL 16635
Bapt. 1706-1835	AASF Roll 1	*A-1
Bapt. 1835-1850	AASF Roll 2	*A-1
Bapt. 1822-1828	FHL 16635
Bapt. 1828-1850	FHL 16636
Bapt. 1850-1852	AASF 89	*A-1a
Bapt. 1852-1857	AASF 90	*A-1a
Bapt. 1850-1889	FHL 16637
Bapt. 1890-1910	FHL 16638
Bapt. 1910-1922	FHL 16639
Bapt. 1922-1933	FHL 16640
Bapt. 1933-1956	FHL 16641
Marr. 1726-1855	FHL 16643 AASF 26
Marr. 1855-1956	FHL 16644	€ (M29)
Deaths 1727-1854	FHL 16645 AASF 34
Deaths 1854-1956	FHL 16646
Index, Bapt., Marr. 1706-1903	FHL 16634
Index to Deaths, 1776-1890	FHL 16634

Note: San Felipe de Neri parish was founded in 1706 as San Francisco Xavier de Albuquerque. The church was forced by a flood to relocate from Romero St. to the north end of Old Town's Plaza, where it was rebuilt in 1793 and given its present name. [Southwest Mission Research Center newsletter, winter 2000 issue.]

Note: "El Bosque Grande de San Francisco Xavier . . . had been the name of the present site of Old Town Albuquerque since long before the Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1680. . . [It was] named after the patron saint of Francisco de Trujillo, the original owner of the grant who had established a large hacienda on his property and explains why, [when Albuquerque was officially founded in 1706], the church was called "San Francisco Xavier" for the next seventy years amid considerable confusion among padres and people alike.

"The town itself was first called San Francisco Xavier de Alburquerque in 1706 by New Mexico's Governor, Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes. . .in honor of the Viceroy in Mexico City, the Duke of Alburquerque. . .The Duke himself, obeying higher orders from the Crown, decreed that Albuquerque's patron saint was to be San Felipe in honor of King Philip V of Spain.

. . . Fr. Angelico Chavez, in From the Beginning A Historical Survey, 1706-1972, San Felipe de Neri Church.

Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary (1959), Albuquerque

Church records 1955-1956

FHL 16649

Ascension (1962), Albuquerque

Community of the Risen Saviour (1979), Albuquerque

Prince of Peace

Holy Family (1953), Albuquerque

Bapt., Marr., Deaths 1953-1956

FHL 16657

Holy Ghost (1953)
(formerly united with Our Lady of the Assumption), Albuquerque

Church records 1951-1956

FHL 16659

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ca. 1776; 1911), Alameda. See Note

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 7807 Edith NE.

Church records 1936-1956

FHL 16718

Note: This church in Alameda existed in 1776 as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception and was later renamed Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. From 1832 until the 1904 flood, it stood in the old plaza just north of the intersection of Rio Grande and Alameda Blvds. . . Thomas J. Steele, S.J., New Mexico Historical Review Vol 70 (April 1995), “Alburquerque In 1821: Padre Leyva's Descriptions” pp. 159-174.

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1883) Albuquerque

See note above regarding the Alameda church, which was originally named Immaculate Conception.

Bapt. 1883-1956	FHL 16651
Marr. 1883-1956	FHL 16652
Deaths ___ to 1895	FHL 1930439
Deaths 1916-1947	FHL 16652

St. Anthony's Orphanage
Albuquerque

Bapt. 1914-1956

FHL 16664

(No circulation to family history centers.)

Our Lady of Fatima (1949), Albuquerque

Bapt. 1949-1956	FHL 16647
Marr. 1949-1956	FHL 16647
Deaths 1949-1956	FHL 16647

Our Lady of Guadalupe (1954)
Albuquerque

Bapt. 1946-1955	FHL 16663
Marr.1946-1956	FHL 16663
Death: 1947-1955	FHL 16663

Our Lady of Lavang (Vietnamese) (1986) Albuquerque

Our Lady of the Assumption (1954) (formerly united with Holy Ghost), Albuquerque

Bapt., Marr. 1954-1956

FHL 16660

Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary (1950), Albuquerque

Bapt., Marr., Deaths
1950-1956

FHL 16656

Queen of Angels (Native American) (1952), Albuquerque

Queen of Heaven (Regina Coeli) (1952) Albuquerque

Bapt., Marr. 1952-1956	FHL 16661
Death 1952-1955	FHL 16661

Sacred Heart (1903), Albuquerque

Bapt. 1903-1936	FHL 16629
Bapt. 1934-1956	FHL 16630
Marr. 1903-1956	FHL 16632
Death 1903-1956	FHL 16633

San Ignacio (1916) Albuquerque

Bapt. 1925-1956	FHL 0016654
Marr. 1925-1956	FHL 0016655
Deaths 1929-1956	FHL 0016655

St. Joseph on the Rio Grande (1986), Albuquerque

San Jose (1938), Albuquerque

Bapt. 1928-1956	FHL 0016653
Marr. 1947-1956	FHL 0016653
Deaths 1948-1956	FHL 0016653

Santuario de San Martin de Porres (1979), Albuquerque

Sangre de Cristo (1972), Albuquerque

St. Anne (1929), Albuquerque

Monada de San Jose

Bapt. Marr. Death 1929-1956

FHL 0016650

St. Bernadette (1959), Albuquerque

St. Charles Borromeo (1934), Albuquerque

Bapt. Marr. 1934-1956	FHL 16658
Death 1935-1956	FHL 16658
Sick Calls 1947-1956	FHL 16658

St. Edwin (1965), Albuquerque

St. Francis Xavier (1928), Albuquerque

Church records 1928-1956

FHL 16662

St. John the Apostle (1984), Albuquerque

St. Jude Thaddeus (1968), Albuquerque

St. Therese of the Infant Jesus of the Little Flower (1947), Albuquerque

Bapt. Marr. Death 1947-1956

FHL 16648

St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish (1954) UNM campus, Albuquerque

San Agustin (1710)
Orig. San Antonio de Padua (1613).

Isleta Pueblo

Bapt. 1730-1776	FHL 16781	* A5/C4
Bapt. 1829-1842	FHL 16781	* A5/C4
Bapt. 1844-1956	FHL 16782
Marr. 1726-1846	FHL 16783	* A5/C4
Marr. 1857-1956	FHL 16784	€ (M28)
Deaths 1726-1776	FHL 16783
Deaths 1848-1866	FHL 16784
Deaths 1882-1956	FHL 16784

Holy Child (1962), Tijeras

Missions/Chapels:

Carnue;
Chilili (Holy Child);
Escobosa (San Juan
de Nepumoceno);
San Antonio (San Isidro);
Sedillo;
Cañoncito (San Isidro);
San Miguel;
La Madera;
Cedro;
Juan Tomas

Our Lady of Perpetual Help - Byzantine Rite Albuquerque

Note 1: Two parishes named Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (one in the town of Bernalillo, and another at Sandia Pueblo) are listed in Bernalillo county in the LDS Indefinite Loans Index. However, both churches are in Sandoval County and the microfilm numbers will be found there. Such discrepancies are usually due to changes in the county boundaries.

Film Codes: (For locations of the research facilities, see Records.)
AASF: Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
FHL: Catholic church records filmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

County:
Bernalillo County was one of the seven original partidos established under Mexican rule, and became a U.S. county on January 8, 1852. It probably was named for the Gonzáles-Bernal family that lived in the area before the Reconquest in 1692. Its county seat is Albuquerque, founded in 1706 and named after the Spanish Duke of Alburquerque. This county absorbed Santa Ana County in 1876, and three counties were created from parts of Bernalillo County: McKinley, Sandoval, and Torrance.

The Bernalillo County Courthouse is at One Civic Plaza NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102. Phone (505) 768-4090; FAX (505) 768-4329.

Diocese: This county is within the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe (see map). Where can you search the records, books, and microfilm? See Records for the sources and addresses known to date.

Books:
New Mexico Genealogist: Since its first issue in 1962, the Genealogist has been publishing a continuous stream of county, state, and church records as well as other informative articles. Now available:
1) a CD containing every issue published in the first forty years of publication: See NMG-CD.
2) a printed topic index 1962-1999: Book #E4b at NMGS Press.
3) An index for each current year is provided within the Genealogist in that year's December issue.
4) There are also some articles from the Genealogist being published on this web site. For a list, see Genealogist online.

The 1850 Bernalillo County census is on FHL microfilm #16603 and is also available as a published book with surname index from the New Mexico Genealogical Society. See Book B-1 at NMGS Press.

Most Catholic church records are available on microfilm, and volunteers have extracted, translated, and published many of those records with indexes. Click on the links below to see which other books are already available from these societies:

New Mexico Genealogical Society (NMGS)		(www.nmgs.org/books.htm)
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC-NM)		(www.hgrc-nm.org/saleitms/pubs&oth.htm)

Assistance:
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