Resources

There are many websites with genealogy-related info for New Mexico family history research. If you have any additional helpful resources about Sierra County ancestors, please share them with us.

• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• National Archives Military Records Research
• Internet Archive
• 1883 Southwestern New Mexico map by U.S. Army
• 1883 A Sketch of Kingston and Its Surroundings: Percha District by Charles W. Greene
• 1884 Illustrated New Mexico by William G. Ritch
• 1902 Statehood for New Mexico: Agruments on Behalf by Nathan E. Boyd, M.D.
• 1914 The Spanish Archives of New Mexico by Ralph E. Twitchell
• 1915 Mineral Resources of New Mexico by Fayette A. Jones
• 1926-1964 New Mexico Historical Review by Historical Society of New Mexico (many volumes available)  Volume 1  Volume 2  Volume 3  Volume 39
• 1940 Directory of Churches and Religious Organizations in New Mexico
• 1954 Origins of New Mexico Families in the Spanish Colonial Period by Angelico Chavez
• 1965 The Public Domain in New Mexico, 1854-1891 by Victor Westphall
• 1968 Haunted Highways: The Ghost Towns of New Mexico by Ralph Looney
• 1970 Ghost Towns of the Southwest by Lambert Florin
• 1986 New Mexico in Maps by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque
• 1987 Stranger in New Mexico: A Doctor's Journey, 1951-1986 by Peter Voute
• 1988 The Lore of New Mexico by Marta Weigle
• 1988 From Hacienda to Bungalow: Northern New Mexico Houses, 1850-1912 by Agnesa Reeve
• 1995 Registered Places of New Mexico: The Land of Enchantment by Cotton Mather
• 1997 Murder & Justice in Frontier New Mexico, 1821-1846 by Jill Mocho
• 2005 Scewnic Driving New Mexico by Laurence Parent
• 2018 Sierra County by Cindy Carpenter and Sherry Fletcher [not available to read free online, as of Aug 2025]
• 2021 Lake Valley Historic Townsite video tour
• USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Sierra County
• FindAGrave
• Interment.net
• Library of Congress
• Chronicling America
• National Register of Historic Places
• New Mexico government website
• Seventh Judicial District New Mexico Courts for Catron, Sierra, Socorro, & Torrance Counties
• Sierra County Courthouse, 855 Van Patten, Truth or Consequences, NM 87901, 575-894-6215
• Sierra County Government website
• vitalrec.com New Mexico
• Truth Or Consequences Library
• New Mexico Genealogical Society
• Sierra County Genealogical Society on Facebook
• New Mexico Genealogical and Historical Research
• Geronimo Springs Museum
• U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs website includes genealogical help
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Maps of US - interactive map of New Mexico county formation history
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• Historical Maps of New Mexico courtesy of Harold Kilmer
• Ghosttowns.com
• GURULÉ Surname Website
• Erica Christensen is researching CHATFIELD and HUNT in Sierra County
• Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
• GenealogyInc
• Linkpendium
• AccessGenealogy
• GenealogyTrails
• Kirikos Family Funeral Home
• Gen-Home family tree

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