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Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico
Lea County
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Churches
| Parish |
Location |
Microfilm |
| Our Lady
of the Rosary Mission |
Tatum |
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| Our Lady
of Guadalupe |
Hobbs |
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| St.
Helena |
Hobbs |
| Records 1938-1956 |
FHL 16778 |
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| St.
Thomas Aquinas |
Lovington |
| Bapt/Marr. 1950-1956 |
FHL 16804 |
| Deaths 1952-1956 |
FHL 16804 |
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St.
Cecilia |
Jal |
| Records 1951-1956 |
FHL 16786 |
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| St. Clare
Mission |
Eunice |
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County:
Lea County was created on March 7, 1917 from the southeastern
part of Chaves County. It was named for Confederate Army
General Joseph Calloway Lea. The Lea County courthouse
address is P.O. Box 1507, Lovington, NM 88260. Phone (505)
396-8531; FAX (505) 396-2093.
Diocese: This county is in the Catholic
Diocese of Las Cruces. Almost all of the records are in
the individual parishes, except that records over 100
years old are housed at the Archives of the Diocese in
Las Cruces. See Records for the sources and addresses known to date.
Published
records:
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. 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.
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 two societies:
Assistance:
Due to the volume of incoming
mail, this webmaster is not able to answer online research
questions. Instead, please try our extensive link section. Two other volunteer groups are New
Mexico GenWeb and New
Mexico Ancestors. Both are linked to larger networks
of sites covering the entire state of New Mexico.
To the best of our knowledge, the information
presented here is accurate and up to date. If you have
corrections or additions to contribute, please add the
words "Catholic Church Project" in the subject
line, include your source reference, and email to: info@nmgs.org. Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico is a work-in-progress and the pages will be updated as
additional information is received.
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Albuquerque, NM 87125-7559
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