(This page's most recent update is September 2024)
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Another underutilized genealogy resource is Church Records. We tend to focus our research on civil records but need to be aware that often church records pre-date civil records and are a great resource as well. In the BMD Records section of this website, there are about 15,000 collections of civil records that are available online. Yes, that’s a lot, but we need to also search church records as well.
What can we find in church or synagogue records? Here’s just a short list of what nuggets we can find:
- Baptisms and Christenings
- Marriages
- Deaths
- Burials
- Confirmations
- Membership lists
- Church Minutes
- Church Directories
- Transfer Letters
- Bar or Bat Mitzvahs
- Sunday School lists
- Church newsletters
In addition, many folks also documented important events in family bibles, so they need to be searched as well if the event information has been digitized.
Here are a couple of articles that you might find useful:
- U.S. Church Records Research Guide
- United States Church Records
- A Genealogist’s Guide to Using Catholic Records in Genealogy Research
There is a large number of Free Online Church Record collections; the links for the state are below:
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
New Mexico Church Records
- Abiquiu, Catholic Church, Santo Tomás Apóstol Baptismal Records, 1832-1861
- Abiquiu, Catholic Church, Santo Tomás Apóstol Church Records, 1777-1956
- Acoma, Catholic Church, San Esteban Church Records, 1725-1777
- Alameda, Catholic Church, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Church Records, 1936-1956
- Alamogordo, Catholic Church, Immaculate Conception Church Records, 1904-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary Church Records, 1955-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Holy Family Church Records, 1953-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Holy Ghost Church Records, 1951-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Immaculate Conception Church Records, 1883-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Fatima Church Records, 1949-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Records, 1946-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Assumption Church Records, 1954-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church Records, 1950-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Regina Coeli Church Records, 1951-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Church Records, 1900-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Saint Anne Church Records, 1929-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, Saint Therese of the Infant Jesus Church Records, 1947-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, San Felipe Church Records, 1703-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, San Ignacio Church Records, 1925-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, San Jose Church Records, 1928-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, St. Charles Borromeo Church Records, 1887-1956
- Albuquerque, Catholic Church, St. Francis Xavier Church Records, 1928-1956
- Albuquerque, San Felipe de Neri Church, Marriages
- Anthony, Catholic Church, St. Anthony Church Records, 1899-1956
- Anton Chico, Catholic Church, San José Church Records, 1857-1956
- Arroyo Hondo, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Sorrows Church Records, 1852-1869
- Arroyoseco, Catholic Church, Holy Trinity Church Records, 1946-1956
- Artesia, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Grace Church Records, 1946-1956
- Artesia, Catholic Church, St. Anthony Church Records, 1914-1956
- Bayard, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Fatima Church Records, 1954-1956
- Belen, Catholic Church, Nuestra Señora de Belen Church Records, 1793-1956
- Bernalillo County, Baptisms by Surname
- Bernalillo, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Sorrows Church Records, 1700-1712
- Bernalillo, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Sorrows Church Records, 1846-1956
- Carlsbad, Catholic Church, San Jose Church Records, 1896-1956
- Carlsbad, Catholic Church, St. Edward’s Church Records, 1915-1956
- Carrizozo, Catholic Church, Santa Rita Church Records, 1869-1956
- Central, Catholic Church, Santa Clara Church Records, 1919-1956
- Cerrillos, Catholic Church, St. Joseph Church Records, 1933-1956
- Cimarron, Catholic Church, Immaculate Conception Church Records, 1954-1956
- Clayton, Catholic Church, St. Francis Xavier Church Records, 1907-1956
- Clovis, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Records, 1944-1956
- Clovis, Catholic Church, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church Records, 1906-1956
- Clovis, Kingswood United Methodist Church, 1956-2006
- Cochiti, Catholic Church, San Buenaventura Mission Church Records, 1736-1873
- Colfax County, Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1867-1918
- Columbus, Catholic Church, Sagrada Familia Church Records, 1919-1953
- Costilla, Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Church Records, 1865-1956
- Dawson, Catholic Church, St. John the Baptist Church Records, 1917-1950
- Deming, Catholic Church, Holy Family Church Records, 1902-1956
- Deming, Catholic Church, St. Ann’s Church Records, 1935-1956
- Dixon, Catholic Church, St. Anthony Church Records, 1934-1956
- Dona Ana, Catholic Church, Our Lady Purification Mission Church Records, 1859-1956
- El Rito, Catholic Church, San Juan Nepomuceno Church Records, 1869-1956
- Embudo, Presbyterian Church, Church Records, 1889-1900
- Episcopal Diocese of Arizona Church Records: Jurisdiction of New Mexico and Arizona, 1889-1971
- Española, Catholic Church, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church Records, 1950-1956
- Fort Stanton, Catholic Church, Sacred Heart Church Records, 1927-1956
- Galisteo, Catholic Church, St. Mary’s Church Records, 1711-1829
- Garfield, Catholic Church, San Isidro Church Records, 1941-1956
- Guadalupe County, Baptisms by Surname
- Hanover, Catholic Church, Holy Family Church Records, 1925-1956
- Hobbs, Catholic Church, St. Helena Church Records, 1938-1956
- Holman, Catholic Church, San Isidro Church Records, 1941-1956
- Hurley, Catholic Church, Divine Infant Jesus Church Records, 1916-1956
- Isleta, Catholic Church, St. Augustine Church Records, 1726-1956
- Jal, Catholic Church, St. Cecilia Church Records, 1951-1956
- Jemez Pueblo, Catholic Church, San Diego Church Records, 1701-1956
- Jemez Springs, Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Assumption Church Records, 1947-1956
- La Joya, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Sorrows Church Records, 1871-1956
- La Mesa Catholic Church, San Jose Church Records, 1877-1956
- Laguna, Catholic Church, Church Records, 1700-1776
- Las Cruces, Catholic Church, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Records, 1950-1956
- Las Cruces, Catholic Church, St. Genevieve’s Church Records, 1859-1956
- Las Vegas, Catholic Church, Immaculate Conception Church Records, 1884-1956
- Las Vegas, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church Records, 1852-1956
- Las Vegas, First Presbyterian Church, Church Records, 1869-1880
- Las Vegas, Spanish Presbyterian Church, Church Records, 1880-1891, 1932
- Lordsburg, Catholic Church, St. Joseph’s Church Records, 1916-1956
- Los Alamos, Catholic Church, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Records, 1946-1956
- Lovington, Catholic Church, Saint Thomas Church Records, 1950-1956
- Magdalena, Catholic Church, St. Mary Magdalen Church Records, 1919-1956
- Manzano, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Sorrows Church Records, 1858-1956
- Mescalero, Catholic Church, St. Joseph’s Mission Church Records, 1914-1956
- Mesilla Park, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Records, 1919-1954
- Mesilla, Catholic Church, San Albino Church Records, 1852-1956
- Monticello, Catholic Church, San Ignacio Mission Church Records, 1869-1956
- Mora County, Baptisms by Surname
- Mora, Catholic Church, Santa Gertrudis Church Records, 1856-1956
- Mora, Presbyterian Church, Church Records, 1882-1905
- Mosquero, Catholic Church, San Jose Church Records, 1894-1956
- Mountainair, Catholic Church, St. Alice Mission Church Records, 1912-1956
- Nambe, Catholic Church, Church Records, 1707-1869
- Navajos in the Catholic Church Records of New Mexico, 1694-1875
- New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918
- New Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1701-1956
- New Mexico, Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in 1940
- Ocate, Presbyterian Church, Church Records, 1892-1899
- Park View, Catholic Church, St. Joseph Church Records, 1883-1956
- Pecos, Catholic Church, San Antonio Church Records, 1699-1956
- Pena Blanca, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Records, 1841-1956
- Penasco, Catholic Church, San Antonio Church Records, 1859-1956
- Picuris, Catholic Church, St. Lawrence Mission Church Records, 1726-1867
- Pojoaque, Catholic Church, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church Records, 1774-1853
- Portales, Catholic Church, St. Helen Church Records, 1952-1956
- Questa, Catholic Church, St. Anthony Church Records, 1941-1956
- Ranchos de Taos, Catholic Church, St. Francis of Assisi Church Records, 1937-1956
- Raton, Catholic Church, St. Joseph’s Church Records, 1920-1956
- Raton, Catholic Church, St. Patrick’s Church Records, 1891-1956
- Raton, First Presbyterian Church, Church Records, 1885-1847
- Ribera, Catholic Church, San Miguel Church Records, 1846-1956
- Rio Arriba County, Baptisms by Surname
- Rodey, Catholic Church, St. Francis de Sales Church Records, 1889-1956
- Roswell, Catholic Church, St. John the Baptist Church Records, 1903-1956
- Roswell, Catholic Church, St. Peter’s Church Records, 1903-1956
- Roy, Catholic Church, Holy Family Church Records, 1918-1956
- Ruidoso, Catholic Church, St. Eleanor Church Records, 1948-1956
- San Felipe, Catholic Church, San Felipe Mission Church Records, 1726-1860
- San Geronimo, Catholic Church, San Geronimo Mission Church Records, 1937-1954
- San Ildefonso, Catholic Church, San Ildefonso Mission Church Records, 1703-1880
- San Juan, Catholic Church, San Juan de los Caballeros Church Records, 1726-1956
- San Miguel County, Baptisms by Surname
- San Miguel, Catholic Church, Parish Registers, 1820-1847
- Sandia, Book of Church Marriages, 1771-1864
- Sandia, Catholic Church, Nuestra Senora de los Dolores Church Records, 1771-1864
- Sandoval County, Baptisms by Surname
- Santa Ana, Catholic Church, Santa Ana Mission Church Records, 1694-1844
- Santa Clara, Catholic Church, Santa Clara Mission Church Records, 1726-1880
- Santa Cruz, Catholic Church, Holy Cross Church Records, 1726-1956
- Santa Fe County, Baptisms by Surname
- Santa Fe, New First Presbyterian Church, Transcriptions of Original Records 1866-1902
- Santa Fe, Catholic Church, Cathedral of San Francisco de Asis Births or Christenings, 1747-1763
- Santa Fe, Catholic Church, Cathedral of San Francisco de Asis Births or Christenings, 1753-1770
- Santa Fe, Catholic Church, Cathedral of San Francisco de Asis Church Records, 1726-1956
- Santa Fe, Catholic Church, Cristo Rey Church Records, 1939-1956
- Santa Fe, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Records, 1881-1956
- Santa Fe, Catholic Church, St. Anne Church Records, 1943-1956
- Santa Fe, Catholic Church, St. John the Baptist Church Records, 1953-1956
- Santa Fe, Catholic Church, St. Vincent Hospital Church Records, 1887-1956
- Santa Rita, Catholic Church, Santa Rita Church Records, 1916-1956
- Santa Rosa, Catholic Church, Santa Rosa Church Records, 1896-1956
- Santo Domingo, Catholic Church, Santo Domingo Mission Church Records, 1771-1869
- Silver City, Catholic Church, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Records, 1874-1956
- Socorro County, Baptisms by Surname
- Socorro, Catholic Church, San Miguel Church Records, 1821-1956
- Springer, Catholic Church, St. Joseph Church Records, 1882-1956
- Taos, Catholic Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Records, 1701-1956
- Tesuque, Catholic Church, San Diego Mission Church Records, 1694-1728
- Tome, Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church Records, 1793-1956
- Tortugas, Catholic Church, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Records, 1917-1956
- Truchas, Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Rosary Church Records, 1955-1956
- Tularosa, Catholic Church, St. Francis of Paula Church Records, 1867-1956
- Valencia County, Baptisms by Surname
- Vaughn, Catholic Church, St. Mary’s Church Records, 1937-1956
- Villanueva Catholic Church, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Records, 1919-1956
- Wagon Mound, Catholic Church, Santa Clara Church Records, 1872-1956
- Zia, Catholic Church, Lady of the Asumption Church Records, 1694-1772
- Zuni, Catholic Church, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church Records, 1697-1776
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!