New Mexico Genealogical Society

No NMGS Program in June!

On June 15, 2013, enjoy the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America Conference in Albuquerque instead.

Click on this link for more information:

http://www.gsha.net/Events.html

Report on the New Mexico State Finals of National History Day

held Friday, April 26, 2013 at the
National Hispanic Cultural Center,
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Report by Karen Stein Daniel, CGSM

The New Mexico Genealogical Society participated in the New Mexico State Finals of National History Day held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday, April 26, 2013. The theme for this year’s event was “Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, Events.” Karen Daniel served as the NMGS liaison and also as a judge for the day. The following awards were presented by NMGS and its sponsors, as well as a $100 check for each of these winners:

(1).

Best Senior Individual Exhibit Award displaying the best documented use of primary source material in a genealogical, family history, or community history topic. This year’s winner was Kiana Curley of La Cueva High School in Albuquerque. Kiana’s exhibit was entitled “Turning Point for the Diné People” which highlighted a study of her Navajo culture including the Navajo Long Walk, the Treaty of 1868, boarding schools, and the Navajo Code Talkers. Kiana interviewed her great-grandmother regarding her personal experiences with boarding schools. The Treaty of 1868 was a definitive turning point in history for all Navajo people. Kiana’s process paper highlight an extensive bibliography, and her exhibit included numerous photographs from the time period covered.

(2).

Best Junior Individual Exhibit Award displaying the best documented use of primary source material in a genealogical, family history, or community history topic. This year’s winner was Jayme Greco of Mountain View Middle School in Alamogordo for her exhibit entitled “The Klondike Gold Rush.” Jayme picked this topic because she was born and raised in Alaska, and her great-grandfather was a gold miner there. The stories of his adventures of riches and disappointments for Alaska’s peoples fueled Jayme’s interest because the search for gold personally touched the lives in her family. Jayme’s exhibit included numerous photographs from the history of Alaska’s gold rush including those from the Yukon Archives.

(3).

The Nell D. Munyon Award for the best documented use of primary sources, including oral history sources, in Native American History. This award is sponsored by NMGS member Dr. Tom Munyon of San Francisco, California, in memory of his mother. This year’s winners were Stephanie Frisch, Zoe Abeyta, and Emilyann Ashford of La Plata Middle School in Silver City for their exhibit entitled “Navajo Code Talkers.” Their thesis centered around how the work of the Navajo Code Talkers helped to turn World War II around, as well as fostering recognition and appreciation of the Navajo people as a culture. An extensive bibliography included the use of photographs, a map, Code Talker memorabilia, and quotations from Navajo Code Talkers.

(4).

The Thomas Henry Munyon Award for the best documented use of primary sources in Medical History. This award is sponsored by NMGS member Dr. Tom Munyon of San Francisco, California, in memory of his father. The winner of this award was Anne Scripsick from Los Alamos High School for her exhibit entitled “Fighting the Speckled Monster” about smallpox and the vaccine developed to control it. Anne’s thesis pointed out that a vaccine not only helped to conquer the disease but let to a new age in medicine, inspiring other researchers of infectious diseases. Anne’s exhibit and process paper included an extensive bibliography and use of photographs.

Congratulations to the winners and good luck to all New Mexico students going to the national competition in June in Maryland!

Future contest themes include:
2014 - “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History”
2015 - “Service, Sacrifice, Civic Engagement in History”
2016 - “Migration and Movement in History: People, Places, Ideas”

Genealogy Center at the Albuquerque Main Library is a Depository for the LDS Family History Library

Recently, the Genealogy Center at the Albuquerque Main Library became a depository for the LDS Family History Library. As such, microfilm and microfiche ordered through http://www.familysearch.org can be delivered to the Albuquerque Genealogy Center. For more information, click on this link.

The New Mexico Genealogical Society has ordered a few microfilms that are in "indefinite" loan to the Genealogy Center. That means they are there until the Family History Library asks for them back. The films were ordered that are now the Albuquerque Main Library are listed below.

Catholic Church. Holy Name of Mary (Del Norte, Colorado)
Latin, English
2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Baptisms 1877-1880 Marriages 1877-1895 Baptism 1881-1942 FHLM 2714

Catholic Church. Holy Name of Mary (Del Norte, Colorado)
Latin, English
2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Baptisms 1942-1957 Communion 1946-1957 Confirmations 1913-1955 Marriages 1876-1957 Deaths 1911-1957 FHLM 2715

Catholic Church. San Albino (Mesilla, New Mexico)
English, Spanish
El Paso, Texas : Golightly, 1956
3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Catholic Church. San Albino (Mesilla, New Mexico)
English, Spanish
El Paso, Texas : Golightly, 1956
3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Confirmations 1877-1956 Communions 1882-1956 Marriages 1852-1956 Deaths 1852-1956 Baptisms 1877-1888 (with deaths 1881-1888) Marriages 1908-1920 (with deaths 1881-1888) FHLM 16829

Catholic Church. San Ignacio Mission (Monticello, New Mexico)
English, Spanish
El Paso, Texas : Golightly, 1957
2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Baptisms 1886-1956 Confirmations 1903-1955 FHLM 16842

Catholic Church. San Ignacio Mission (Monticello, New Mexico)
English, Spanish
El Paso, Texas : Golightly, 1957
2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Marriages 1869-1956 Deaths 1869-1956 Baptisms 1951-1956 Marriages 1952-1956 Deaths 1951-1954 FHLM 16843

Catholic Church. St. Vincent de Paul (Silver City, New Mexico)
English, Spanish, Latin
El Paso, Texas : Golightly, 1956
3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Baptisms 1874-1911 FHLM 16889

Catholic Church. St. Vincent de Paul (Silver City, New Mexico)
English, Spanish, Latin
El Paso, Texas : Golightly, 1956
3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Confirmations 1892-1956 Marriages 1874-1956 Deaths 1883-1956 FHLM 16891

We will be ordering more films in the future. NMGS will only be ordering films that pertain to New Mexico genealogy. If you have any suggestions of films that you wish us to order, please contact us at info@nmgs.org. Please remember that the Genealogy Center already has microfilms from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

If there other microfilms that you wish to order, you may still order them through the Genealogy Center. There will be a fee for each microfilm that you order. Click on this link for more information.

Robert Baca,
President, NMGS

New Mexico Genealogical Society Programs for 2013

The New Mexico Genealogical Society proudly announces its first programs for the New Year!

Unless otherwise noted, our programs will be at a new location this year:

The Community Room
In the Lower Level of
The Albuquerque Main Library
501 Copper St. NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(on the northwest corner of 5th and Copper)

You may park in the Very Special Arts Garage on the southeast corner of 5th and Copper for 2 hours free if you validate your ticket in the library. After 2 hours, you will need to pay additional fees.

(Click here to view map.)

The 2013 Programs:

Upcoming Programs

Saturday, May 18, 2013, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM and
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

"Family Finder and FamilyTreeDNA", an all-day workshop presented by FamilyTreeDNA of Houston, Texas. Presented in the auditorium in the Lower Level of the Albuquerque Main Library. Bring a sack lunch!

Saturday, June 15, 2013, NO PROGRAM SCHEDULED

- Enjoy the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America Conference in Albuquerque instead. Click on this link for more information: http://www.gsha.net/Events.html.

Saturday, July 20, 2013, 10:30 AM

- "Genealogy Brick Walls" workshop. Bring your charts and your questions!

Past Programs:

Saturday, January 19, 2013, 10:30 AM

Lisa Kindrick, Librarian, Genealogy Center, A/BC Libraries - "Ways to Utilize the Genealogy Collections at the Main Library"

Saturday, February 16, 2013, 10:30 AM

Francisco Sisneros - "A Difficult Birth: The Re-Settlement Families of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de la Joya de Sevilleta, 1800-1819"

Saturday, March 16, 2013, 10:30 AM

Andrés Armijo - "Historical Family Images and Artifacts: A Creative Approach to Visualizing and Narrating Your Family History and Genealogy"

Saturday, April 20, 2013, 10:30 AM

Miguel torrez - "The Espinosa DNA Quest"

All programs are free and open to the public.

July 2013 Program

The Genealogy Center
on the Second Level of
The Albuquerque Main Library
501 Copper Street
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(on the northwest corner of 5th and Copper)

(Click here to view map.)

Saturday, July 20, 2013
10:30 AM - 12 Noon

The New Mexico Genealogical Society

Presents a

Genealogy Brick Walls Workshop

Bring your charts and materials. Ask questions of our genealogy experts. Break down your genealogy brick walls and discover hidden branches of your family tree!

We’ll be in the Genealogy Center on the Second Floor of the Main Albuquerque Library on 5th and Copper. See you there!

This program is free and open to the public

Questions? Call (505) 848-1376 or email info@nmgs.org.

Primeras Familias Certificates Temporarily Suspended

As of January 2013, the New Mexico Genealogical Society Board has decided to temporarily suspend the Primeras Familias Certificates. We need a volunteer who can perform the required research, create the certificates and work with those interested in applying for Primeras Famailas Certificates.

If anyone is interested in volunteering for this position, please contact us at info@nmgs.org.

The 1885 United States Census

We all know that the United States conducts a census every 10 years. Some of us also know that most of the 1890 census was destroyed in a fire. But did you know that there was a special 1885 semidecennial census that was taken here in New Mexico?

States were given the option to take this census. Any state that complied received from the federal government 50% of the cost to conduct the census. The states of Florida, Nebraska and Colorado and the territories of New Mexico and Dakota took up this opportunity to enumerate their people.

Genealogists can find the New Mexico 1885 Census in a couple of places. You may search for the census on Ancestry.com. Also, the microfilm of the census can be found in the Albuquerque Genealogy Library (2nd Floor of the Main Library), or in any Family History Center. The microfilm numbers are FHL 16610 and 16611.

Since we were unable to find a form that you may use to extract the census, The New Mexico Genealogical Society has created its own. Click this link to access a blank 1885 United States Census Population Schedule Form. An agriculture schedule form is forthcoming.

For more information:

Rebecca Crawford, "The Forgotten Federal Census of 1885", Prologue Magazine (Fall 2008) Vol. 40, No. 3, National Archives website http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2008/fall/1885-census.html, accessed 24 September 2012.

Karen Stein Daniel, Genealogical Resources in New Mexico, 3rd Edition (Albuquerque: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2007), p. 57.

"Beyond Origins" Alternative

Click here for an alternative to "Beyond Origins" courtesy of José Antonio Esquibel and the New Mexico Office of the State Historian.

An Updated Martín Serrano Genealogy

José Antonio Esquibel has just completed a compilation of the first three generations of the Martín Serrano genealogy. Prefaced by Henrietta Martínez Christmas, the attached PDF includes documentation and digital images of key primary record.

The document "is intended for sharing and for wide distribution for personal, educational and non-commercial use. Descendants of Hernán Martín Serrano are encouraged to use the material below to update their genealogy charts and software databases and to copy the source citations provided in the Endnotes."

Those engaged in New Mexican genealogical research know Hernán Martín Serrano for at least two reasons:
(1) He was a soldier who was among the first Juan de Oñate colonists who came in 1598 to what is now New Mexico.
(2) He is the progenitor of Martinez line from which many of us descend.

Click this link to download your copy of José Antonio Esquibel's compilation.

Burial Records for the Rio Abajo (Southern NM)

The University of New Mexico has published online three research papers that might be of interest to people researching southern New Mexico, or what some of us like to call the Rio Abajo. All three books can be found in UNM's Lobo Vault.

Click on the links below to view:

• A Compilation of Burial Records of the Central New Mexico Villages of Tome, San Fernando, Los Enlames, Valencia, Peralta, Casa Colorada, & Manzano - Vol I
by Oswald G. Baca and Mary Ann Baca.

• A Compilation of Burial Records of The Central New Mexico Villages of Tome, Valencia, Peralta, El Cerro, San Fernando, Los Enlames, La Constancia and Casa Colorada - Vol II
by Oswald G. Baca and Mary Ann Baca.

• Burial Records From New Mexico's Rio Abajo: Tome and Associated Villages – Vol III
by Oswald G. Baca and Mary Ann Baca.

Thanks to Manny Olona for pointing this out to us.

New Mexico Roots Ltd. (Diligencias Matrimoniales) Are Online!

The University of New Mexico has made "New Mexico Roots, Ltd." available online through their UNM LoboVault web site. Yes, this is the "genealogical, historical and geographic data" compiled by Fray Angelico Chavez that has provided a wealth of source information for historical and genealogical researchers.

Click here to view NM Roots.

Verifiable Documentation for Spanish Families in New Mexico

Jose Antonio Esquibel has done much research on New Mexico families through his series of articles titled "Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families". In this series, he has cleared up misconceptions and faulty research regarding the early New Mexican families. He has posted online on the "Olibama Lopez Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center" website a status report on the verifiable documentation of specific families.

Robert Baca,
President, NMGS

Click on this link to find out more.

Books and Software from Amazon.com

Buy your books, software, etc. through any Amazon link on this web site, and a percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Special Collections library. The Albuquerque Genealogical Society partners with the New Mexico Genealogical Society in this endeavor. Please remember to use the Amazon links from either of our web sites when searching Amazon.com for purchasing books, movies, tools.

100% of our earnings from Amazon go to the library.

NMGS 2013 Membership

Our membership year began on January 1 and ends on December 31 so now is the time to submit for your 2013 membership.

Several benefits come with an NMGS membership:

- Free shipping on orders for books by the NMGS Press. - An annual subscription to the New Mexico Genealogist. - An index each December for all issues of the the New Mexico Genealogist that year. - Networking with others who understand your passion for genealogy.

Click here to get a membership form.