Frequently Asked Questions

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1. How do I send family information?
2. Where can I find historical documents?
3. Where can I get free software for Family History?
4. Who is a progenitor?
5. What is the meaning of Spanish surnames?
6. Genealogy Websites?

How do I send family information?

Scan pictures at Walmart or other photo facilities and save pictures to a CD ($3) and/or have pictures printed. Send information, CD, or pictures to Vera Lucero.   She can be reached at

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Where can I find historical documents?

Historical Documents Locations:

NM Records:  State Vital Statistics: Death, Birth, Marriage Records

Military Personnel Records - NARA

LDS Family Search Database - extracted NM, Mexico church records; member pedigree files.

LDS - Free Research Training and Education - lots of free training and information.

Mesa Arizona Regional Family Research Center Training - online PowerPoint training; other resources.

Find a Family History Center Near You - LDS has free training; online access to Ancestry. COM access to church, genealogy information, census on microfilm/microfiche.  Great resource. 

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Resources on the Internet - has lots of links to genealogy sites.

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Where can I get free software for Family History?

LDS free software  LDS offers free software and software for minimal cost.

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Who is a progenitor?

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What is the meaning of Spanish surnames?

CHAVEZ

GUTIERREZ

MARTINEZ

Other Spanish Names

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Genealogy Websites?

NM Genealogical Society

Bureau of Land Management - patent land grants.

Rio Abajo Database:  Surnames - families that settled in Socorro County, NM.

Beyond Origins of NM Families - original NM families.

NM Great Database - Index of Surnames - NM families.

The Genealogy of Mexico - Families that came Spain via Mexico and eventually into NM.

NM Interment Records - NM cemetery online records.

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