One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all - FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see:
- 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
- 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
- 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information
The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of New Mexico.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also 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. Please also note that I have listed below only BMD databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated May, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
General U.S.
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
New Mexico
- Albuquerque Catholic Church Records 1887-1956
- Albuquerque, San Felipe de Neri Church Marriages
- Belen Diligencias Matrimoniales Records
- Bernalillo County Death Index
- Bernalillo County Marriages
- Bernalillo County, Albuquerque Cemetery Records
- Chaves County Births
- Chaves County Births and Deaths 1903-1908
- Chaves County Deaths
- Cibola County Deaths
- Curry County Death Indexes
- Dona Ana County Births
- Dona Ana County Deaths 1907-1919
- Dona Ana County Deaths 1919-1940
- Dona Ana County Marriage Index
- Dona Ana County Marriages 1869-1982
- Dulce, Jicarilla Indian Agency, Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1931-1939
- Eddy County Birth Index
- Eddy County Births 1912-1917
- Eddy County Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Eddy County Death Index
- Eddy County Deaths 1909-1912
- Eddy County Deaths and Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Eddy County Marriages 1890-1940
- Grant County Birth Index
- Grant County Death Index
- Grant County Deaths
- Hobbs Public Library Death and Obituary Index
- Las Vegas Catholic Church Records 1852-1956
- Lea County Deaths
- Los Alamos Marriage Index
- Luna County Births
- Luna County Deaths
- McKinley County Births
- McKinley County Deaths
- Mescalero Marriages 1914-1927
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Mora County Catholic Church Records 1872-1956
- New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918
- New Mexico Death Certificates Index 1889-1940
- New Mexico Death Certificates, 1927-1945
- New Mexico Death Index (1899-1949)
- New Mexico Deaths and Burials, 1788-1798; 1838-1955
- New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945
- New Mexico Marriages Index
- New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918
- New Mexico Miscellaneous Records
- New Mexico Mortality Schedules by County 1885
- New Mexico Obituary and Death Notice Archive (transcriptions)
- New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations - Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799
- New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations - Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893
- New Mexico Roots Ltd. Diligencias Matrimoniales (1678-1869)
- New Mexico, County Death Records, 1907-1952
- New Mexico, County Marriages, 1885-1954
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Otero County Births
- Otero County Deaths
- Otero County Marriages
- Penasco Catholic Church Records 1859-1956
- Picuris Catholic Church Records of the St. Lawrence Mission 1726-1867
- Pojoaque Catholic Church Records 1774-1853
- Rio Arriba County Births
- Rio Arriba County Catholic Church Records 1726-1956
- Rio Arriba County Deaths
- Rodey Catholic Church Records 1889-1956
- Roosevelt County Deaths 1909-1918
- Roosevelt County Marriages
- San Felipe Catholic Church Records 1726-1860
- San Juan County Birth Index 1907-1927
- San Juan County Death Index 1894-1922 & 1931-1981
- San Juan County Death Index 1907-1927
- San Juan County Deaths
- San Juan County Marriage Indexes 1887-1923
- San Juan County Marriages
- Sandoval County Death records, 1925-1952; Index to Births & Deaths
- Sandoval County Deaths
- Sandoval County Marriage Records, 1926-1951
- Santa Fe Catholic Church Records 1939-1956
- Santa Fe County Deaths
- Santa Fe, San Francisco de Asis Cathedra Births or Christenings, 1747-1763
- Santo Domingo Catholic Church Records 1771-1869
- Sierra County Deaths 1907-1927
- Silver City Catholic Church Records 1874-1956
- Socorro County Death Register and Certificates, 1907-1941, 1948
- Socorro County Marriage Records, 1885-1954
- Taos County Baptisms
- Taos County Births 1866-1895
- Taos County Catholic Marriages
- Taos County Deaths
- Taos County Deaths
- Taos County Marriage Indexes 1904-1955
- Valencia County Deaths
- Valencia County Early Deaths 1907-1920
- Valencia County Marriage Records 1869-1950
- Valencia County Register of Deaths, 1907-1928
- Western States Marriage Index
Check out the links for other states on the BMD Records page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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