Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC)

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Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC)

Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC) Contact Information E-mail:  hgrc@hgrc-nm.org Address: 4000 St. Joseph Place Lourdes Hall R108 Albuquerque, NM 87120 Telephone:  505-833-4197; (Out of town) 855-833-4197 Hours and holidays: Telephone 505-833-4197 for office hours. Map, directions, and public transportation: Map:  Google map: Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC) at Catholic Center in Albuquerque. Directions From North of Albuquerque on I-25 (Pan-American Hwy): Merge onto I-25 S/US-85 South toward Albuquerque. Take the I-40 W/I-40 E exit, EXIT 226A-B, toward Gallup/Santa Rosa, 0.2 mi. Merge onto I-40 W/Coronado Fwy W via EXIT 226B toward Gallup, 4.0 mi. Take the Coors Rd exit, EXIT 155, toward Rio Rancho, 0.2 mi. Keep left to take the COORS RD S ramp, 0.2 mi. Merge onto NM-448/Coors Blvd NW, 1.2 mi. Turn right onto Saint Josephs Dr NW (Portions unpaved), 0.3 mi. Saint Josephs Dr NW becomes Saint Josephs Pl NW, 0.01 mi. 4000 SAINT JOSEPHS PL NW is on the left. From East of Albuquerque on I-40 (Coronado Fwy): Merge onto I-40 Westbound. Take the Coors Rd exit, EXIT 155, toward Rio Rancho, 0.2 mi. Keep left to take the COORS RD S ramp, 0.2 mi. Merge onto NM-448/Coors Blvd NW, 1.2 mi. Turn right onto Saint Josephs Dr NW (Portions unpaved), 0.3 mi. Saint Josephs Dr NW becomes Saint Josephs Pl NW, 0.01 mi. 4000 SAINT JOSEPHS PL NW is on the left. From South of Albuquerque on I-25 (Pan-American Hwy): Merge onto I-25 N/US-85 North toward Albuquerque. Take the I-40 W/I-40 E exit, EXIT 26B-A, toward Gallup/Santa Rosa, 0.3 mi. Merge onto I-40 W/Coronado Fwy W via EXIT 226B on the left toward Gallup, 4.1 mi. Take the Coors Rd exit, EXIT 155, toward Rio Rancho, 0.2 mi. Keep left to take the COORS RD S ramp, 0.2 mi. Merge onto NM-448/Coors Blvd NW, 1.2 mi. Turn right onto Saint Josephs Dr NW (Portions unpaved), 0.3 mi. Saint Josephs Dr NW becomes Saint Josephs Pl NW, 0.01 mi. 4000 SAINT JOSEPHS PL NW is on the left. From West of Albuquerque on I-40 (Hwy 66): Merge onto I-40 Eastbound. Take the Coors Blvd exit, EXIT 155, 0.1 mi. Merge onto Coors Blvd NW/NM-448 via the ramp on the left toward Rio Rancho/CORRALES, 1.7 mi. Turn right onto Saint Josephs Dr NW (Portions unpaved), 0.3 mi. Saint Josephs Dr NW becomes Saint Josephs Pl NW, 0.01 mi. 4000 SAINT JOSEPHS PL NW is on the left. Public transportation  ABQ RIDE bus routes 790 Blue, and 155 each have stops on Coors Blvd. NW near St. Josephs Dr. NW about three blocks (0.4 mi.) from the Catholic Center and the HGRC. Internet sites and databases: Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC) of New Mexico what is HGRC, monthly and quarterly publications, GNMPD, photo gallery, links. Great New Mexico Pedigree Database Portal The most comprehensive, organized, and accurate linked pedigree chart of New Mexico's Hispanic ancestry on the Internet. Collection Description The Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC) of New Mexico maintains the online Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD). Their collection at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Catholic Center in Albuquerque emphasizes early New Mexico sources such as Diligencias Matrimoñales by Fray Angélico Chávez. In addition, HGRC has the Diligencias Matrimoñales from Durango (Mexico), microfilms of the Santa Fe Archdiocese records, and Gallup Diocese records, and a variety of census records. They have all the books published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society. They publish a monthly newsletter Noticias, a Quarterly Journal Herencia, and make genealogical, historical, and reference sources available to the public. Alternate Repositories If you cannot visit or find a source at the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center (HGRC), a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, Roman Catholic church records, censuses, district court, land grants, wills, diaries, family papers, prisons, family and local histories, newspapers. NM's best genealogy repository because of its original territorial, state, and county records. New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe, history, biography, ethnic studies, newspapers, government documents, maps, periodicals, and genealogies. Largest book collection in New Mexico. Similar Collections UNM Center for Southwest Research, Albuquerque, Includes manuscripts of Southwestern U.S. families, organizations, and businesses, 40,000 books and periodicals, and 120,000 images since the 1850s. National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and genealogies. The library contains 12,500 book titles about the history and culture of the Hispano world from the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, Central America, Latin America to Spain, and Portugal. Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archives, Santa Fe NM, created in 1850, it once also included Arizona, and Colorado.  The Archives houses records from 1678-1950 for dozens of parishes in three states. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Neighboring Collections Bernalillo County Clerk marriages (restricted for 50 years), death certificates, wills, deeds, mortgages, DD Form 214 soldier discharges. Bernalillo County Probate Court recent wills. Bernalillo County Recorder deeds and land records. Bernalillo County Coroner selected death records. Second Judicial District Court of New Mexico, Albuquerque, civil, and criminal court records. ABC Library Genealogy Center, Albuquerque, genealogy and Southwestern history, including New Mexico vital records, history, biography, periodicals, and family folders. ABC Library Special Collections Albuquerque and New Mexico history and culture. In-house use only. New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, directories, maps, photos. Repositories in surrounding counties: Cibola, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance, and Valencia. New Mexico Dept. of Health Vital Records, Santa Fe, adoption, births (restricted for 100 years), and deaths (restricted for 50 years). Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, Santa Fe, colonial and territorial manuscripts, papers, newspapers, rare books, maps, and photos—rivals in size the State Records Center and Archives. NMSU Rio Grande Historical Collections, Las Cruces, early colonial Spanish records since 1598 for families along the Camino Real (Spanish mission road) from southern Colorado to Mexico City. Historical Society of New Mexico, Santa Fe, offers links to organizations, museums and other historic points of interest in New Mexico. Repositories in surrounding states (or nations): AZ, CO, OK, TX, UT, and Mexico. Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA, premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, maps and atlases, the Mexican War, westward migration, the Gold Rush, mining, land surveys, ethnic groups. National Archives at Denver Includes old New Mexico court records and naturalizations, federal and Indian censuses, passenger arrival lists, World War I draft registrations. Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land. Copies of colonial New Mexico records of were often sent to Mexico and Spain. Sources