Churches

Mission/Parish	Location	Missions/Chapels	Microfilm
San Miguel (1805)	San Miguel del Vado		Bapt. 1829-1848 AASF Reel 11 FHL 17001 * Bapt. 1848-1853 AASF Reel 12 FHL 17002 * Marr. 1802-1828 AASF Reel 27, fr. 246 Marr. 1829-1846 AASF Reel 20, 29 * Marr. 1846-1878 AASF Reel 53A * Deaths 1712-1829 AASF Reel 35, fr. 706 Deaths 1829-1848 AASF Reel 38, fr. 171
* San Miguel de Vado baptisms and marriage records marked  *  have been transcribed and indexed by NMGS. These books are available as Books A7, A8, and C-5 at NMGS Press. € Records marked  €  have been transcribed and indexed by the HGRC. These books are available as Books M-17 and M-30 at HGRC-NM.         (p) = a portion of the film was transcribed for this publication.
Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles, (ca. 1622; 1717)	Pecos		Bapt. 1726-1829 AASF Reel 6, fr. 200 Marr. 1699-1765 AASF Reel 28 FHL 16859 Marr. 1772-1862 AASF Reel 27, fr. 914 (Nambe) Marr. 1802 AASF Reel 27, fr. 233 Deaths 1727-1772 AASF Reel 36, fr. 589 FHL 0016859 Deaths 1783-1829 AASF Reel 35, fr. 680
Note: The above records are shown under San Antonio de Padua in the FHL Indefinite Loans Index.
San Antonio de Padua, (1906)	Pecos	Cañoncito (see note); Las Colonias; Rowe; Glorieta; El Macho	Bapt./Deaths 1862-1904 FHL 16855 € B-23 Marr. 1862-1904 FHL 16855 € Bapt. 1904-1956 FHL 16856 Marr. 1904-1956 FHL 16857 Deaths 1904-1956 FHL 16858 Births, Marr., Deaths 1726-1829 FHL 16859
Cañoncito is a mission of San Antonio Parish in Pecos, but is physically located inside the eastern border of Santa Fe County.
Our Lady of Sorrows Construction of church began 1835, finished 1851 [Las Vegas Optic 12 Aug 2004].	Las Vegas (Old Town)	San Geronimo; Sapello; Trujillo El Llano; Los Ojitos Frios; Hot Springs; Ojo del Medio; Tecolote; Variadero; Rociada; San Ignacio; Los Alamos; Gallinas; Porvenir; Maes	Bapt. 1852-1912; 1895-1902 Marr. 1853-1869 FHL 0016811 € (B18-p) Bapt. 1912-1947 FHL 0016812 Bapt. 1947-1956 FHL 0016813 Marr. 1870-1882 Marr. 1870-1956 Marr. 1876-1883 FHL 016814 FHL 0016814 FHL 0016814 (p)  Marr. 1883-1930 FHL 0016814 € Deaths 1882-1956 FHL 0016815
Immaculate Conception	Las Vegas (New Town)	Los Vigiles San Antonio	Bapt. 1884-1936 FHL 16806 Bapt. 1935-1956 FHL 16807 Marr. 1885-1956 FHL 16809 Marr. 1890-1891 FHL 16808 Deaths 1904-1956 FHL 16810
Our Lady of Guadalupe (1830)	Villanueva	San Miguel San Jose Sena Cerrito Gonzales Ranch Leyba La Palma Aurora Bernal Ilfeld El Pueblo (chapel, San Antonio, 1857)	Bapt. 1919-1956 FHL 17032 Marr. 1919-1956 FHL 17033 Deaths 1937-1956 FHL 17033
San Miguel del Vado (1804)	Ribera	San Isidro del Norte San Jose; San Juan; Santa Rita; El Pueblo; San Antonio de Padua	Bapt. 1853-1908 FHL 16875 Bapt. 1909-1956 FHL 16876 Marr. 1856-1956 FHL 16878 Deaths 1848-1955 FHL 16879 Bapt. 1829-1853 FHL 17001 Marr. 1829-1846 FHL 17002
San Ysidro el Labrador	Chaperito		Bapt. 1876-1891 FHL 1930437 € Bapt. Index 1886-1891 FHL 1930437 € Marr. 1876-1898 FHL 1930437 Deaths Index 1885-1908 FHL 1930437
San Geronimo Mission	San Geronimo		Deaths w/Index 1895-1902 FHL 1930437 Church records 1937-1954 FHL 0016983
Rose of San Antonio (1934)	Los Montoyas
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe	Sapello		Bapt. 1861-1882 FHL 1930436 Marr. 1860-1882 FHL 1930436 Marr. 1876 (surrounding areas) FHL 1930436 Deaths 1860-1892 FHL 1930437 Marr. (Joya Larga) 1876 FHL 1930436 Marr. 1876 (Las Manuelitas) FHL 1930436 Marr. 1876 (Monton de Alamos) FHL 1930436

County:
San Miguel County was one of the seven original partidos established under the Republic of Mexico in 1844, and became a U.S. county on January 9, 1852. It was named for the town of San Miguel del Bado (Saint Michael of the Ford), a fording place on the Pecos River on the Old Santa Fe Trail. The original county included the territory between Taos, Santa Fe, and Bernalillo counties.

The San Miguel County Courthouse address is: San Miguel County Courthouse, Las Vegas, NM, 87701. Phone (505) 425-9331; FAX (505) 425-7019. Civil marriage records November 11, 1888 through May 16, 1952 are housed at the County courthouse and may be searched there. To our knowledge, these county records have not been recorded on microfilm. Marriage certificates 1912-1914 are available at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives in Santa Fe.

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:

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

 
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