New Mexico Biographies - New Mexico Genealogy

Biographies can be found in many places, books are one of the best place to find them. County History Books are one of the many used. When these books are published they relied on the person to write their own biography. This being the case, they are relying on their memory for the information, sometimes this can be in error. The person writing the information can embellish the facts or stretch the truth. When searching County History books and you don’t find a biography for your ancestor, one thing to keep in mind is some of the publishers often charged for an entry in the book. Check the index, maybe they will be listed in the history of the county or as a member of an organization. When using biographies, be sure to check the information with other facts you might have.

Online Biographies:

New Mexico Biographies (hosted at AccessGenealogy) In each of the Biographies listed, New Mexico is mentioned.

WPA Life Histories from New Mexico (hosted at American Memory)
These titles are mostly first-person accounts of life in New Mexico collected during the Great Depression. The WPA project categories include: Early Settlers, Old Timer Stories, Pioneer Stories And Pioneers Of New Mexico.

Subjects include: Local History, including Civil War, Indian wars/campaigns, outlaws, land grants, architecture, roads, trails, wagon trains, prominent citizens and schools.

Immigration/Ethnicity, including Hispanic (Mexican) dress, outlook/attitudes, Indians (Comanche, Navajo, Apache) raids, trade, houses, captivity narratives, travel accounts and westward journeys.

Industry/Occupations, including ranchers, cowboys, prospector mining, buried-treasure lore, tradesmen and merchants, teachers, soldiers.

Religion, including Catholicism, missions, relics.

Places mentioned include Lincoln County, Chaves County, Durango, County, and Farmington, County Famous people mentioned include Kit Carson, Pat
Garrett, Billy the Kid, Geronimo and the writer Eugene Manlov Rhodes.

Other off Site Locations:

Hosted at Bernalillo County USGenWeb Archives