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Mexico Baptisms
San Miguel del Bado Church
Baptisms:
Volume I: 1 January 1829 to 12 May 1844
NMGS Press Item #A7, 1997
Indexed and spiral bound. $40.00. 344
pages.
Baptisms:Volume
II: 12 May 1844 to 6 July 1853
NMGS Press Item #A8, 1997
Indexed and spiral bound. $42.00. 376 pages.
Marriages:
November 1829 to November 1878.
NMGS Press Item #C5, 1997
Indexed and spiral bound. $36.00. 284 pages.
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Excerpts from the Introduction, by Jose Ricardo Gonzales:
"San Miguel del Vado (Bado) is located in central New
Mexico on the Pecos River. It served as a ford on the Pecos
River and was the eastern entrance to the capitol of New
Mexico, Santa Fe. During the late Spanish and Mexican periods,
San Miguel del Vado was the gateway from the eastern plains
into Hispanic America. San Miguel was ranked as fourth in
size in population in New Mexico in the early 1800s, during
the late Spanish and early Mexican periods." "The
earliest church record extant at San Miguel del Vado begins
January 1829. Prior to that time some of the sacramental
records for the area were either in Galisteo or in the
church of Pecos Pueblo, which dates from the early 1600s.
The Pecos Pueblo remained the focus of Indian life until
it was abandoned in 1837."
The first indications of village life for San Miguel
came from records kept by the Catholic Church either at
the Pecos Pueblo -- Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
de Galisteo. The first recorded baptism for San Miguel
del Vado took place on 27 May 1799 at Pecos (AASF reel
#6, frame 346). The first wedding was recorded at Galisteo
28 November 1798. (AASF Reel #27, frame 230). The first
burial was recorded 9 September 1799 at Galisteo. (AASF
Reel #35, frame 594.)
"San Miguel was the principal Hispanic village on
the Pecos River until the advent of the railroad in the
1880s -- well into the American period beginning in 1846.
San Miguel del Vado lost its prominence to the newly formed
town of Las Vegas as the center of San Miguel County with
the coming of the railroad." [The
introduction continues, and names numerous towns and placitas
in the area.]
Included are lists of abbreviations and phrases
used in the publication, and a name index.
Names
are indexed three ways: by name of person baptised,
by parents' names, and also by godparents, grandparents,
and others named.
Extracted by Eloise Arellanes,
Lila Armijo Pfeufer and Lorraine Bradford. Compiled by
Margaret Leonard Windham and Evelyn Lujan Baca. Introduction
by Jose Ricardo Gonzales, map by Ernie Jaskolski. A publication
of the New Mexico Genealogical Society. |
