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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
Colony founded, 1681; New Mexico Territory, 1850
STATEHOOD
1912
AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
Colonial, 1750–1845
FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1850
PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
State
BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1920
MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
Kept at county level
CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
New Mexico Department of Health
Vital Records
Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87502
(505) 827-2338
