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:
Otero County was created January 30, 1899 from the eastern end of Doña Ana
County, the southern portion of Lincoln, and southeast corner of Socorro County.
Otero County was named after Miguel Antonio Otero, New Mexico's governor at the
time (the first Hispanic surnamed governor of New Mexico Territory, served 1897-1906).
His father, by the same name, had served as Territorial Representative to Congress
from 1856 to 1861. The Otero County courthouse is at 1000 New York, Rm. 101, Alamogordo,
NM 88310. Phone (505) 437-4942; FAX (505) 443-2904. E-mail: oteroadm@co.otero.nm.us
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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