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:
Los Alamos County was created March 16, 1949 out of parts of Sandoval and Santa
Fe counties. It was named for the community of Los Alamos, its county seat, which
in turn was named for the Los Alamos School for Boys, established in 1925 by Ashley
Pond. The county courthouse address is: Los Alamos
County Municipal Building, 2300 Trinity Drive -- P.O. Box 30, Los Alamos, NM 87544.
Phone (505) 662-8010; FAX (505) 662-8079. Civil marriage records
1949-1994 are housed at the county courthouse. They have been microfilmed.
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.
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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