San Juan County, New Mexico

Societies and Family History Resources ∣ County Courthouse and Government Records ∣ County Genealogy Links

San Juan County was founded on February 24, 1887 from Rio Arriba County.

The San Juan County Seat is situated in Aztec and the county government website is http://www.sjcounty.net/

Locations bordering San Juan County are Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, McKinley County, Apache County, Arizona, San Juan County, Utah(northwest), Montezuma County, Colorado, La Plata County, Colorado, Archuleta County, Colorado.

San Juan County vital records can be found at the New Mexico Office of Vital Records has copies of birth, marriage, divorce and death records. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in New Mexico for current fees and application process. Birth, marriage, and death records are connected with central life events.

You can search online for San Juan County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for New Mexico Birth Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.

San Juan County has Federal Census Schedules to aid in looking into your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are present for 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

San Juan Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be obtained for 1890. You’ll find free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.

San Juan County Society and Family History Resources

A list of San Juan County Historical  and Genealogical Societies, Forums, Message Boards, Libraries, Archives.

https://www.archives.gov/research/census
• New Mexico Genealogy Network Community (plus.google.com)
• New Mexico State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
• Aztec Museum, 125 North Main Street, Aztgec, New Mexico, 87410. Phone: 505-334-9829
• Farmington Family History Center, 400 West Apache, Farmington, New Mexico, 87401. Phone: 505-325-5813
• Farmington Museum, 302 N. Orchard, Farmington, New Mexico, 87401-6227.
• San Juan County Historical Society, P. O. Box 37, Flora Vista, New Mexico, 87415-0037.
• Totah Tracers Genealogical Society, 1412 Anna Lane  Farmington, NM 87401; Phone: 505-632-2013
• San Juan County, New Mexico Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
• San Juan County, New Mexico Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
• USGenWeb Archives for San Juan County (usgwarchives.net)

San Juan County Courthouse and Government Records

Researchers often forget the significance of San Juan County court, probate, and land files as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy details. Buried away in New Mexico courthouses and archives everywhere tend to be the desires and worries of many New Mexico inhabitants.

The chances are excellent that your particular ancestors and forefathers have left a in-depth record of at least quite a few aspects of their lives in the San Juan County court records. Even if your forefathers is not brought up in a Court case, give some thought to all of the other methods which often can have lead to him or her showing up in court records.

The below details indicates what birth, death, marriage, land, wills, and legal records are in San Juan County. The years New Mexicod listed below could be the first recognized documents for this county.

• San Juan County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
  • Address: 100 S Oliver Drive, Aztec, NM 87410
  • Phone: (505) 334-9471
• San Juan County Clerks office
  • Marriage Records: 1887
  • Land Records: 1887
  • Probate Records: 1909
• San Juan County 11th District Court Clerk
  • Address: 103 S Oliver, Aztec, NM 87410
  • Phone: (505)334-6151

San Juan County Links

The following are web links to Family history and genealogy, Records and Resources relating to San Juan County. A lot of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business Sites, Personal Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some call for a payment. This is just a directory that has been gathered or submitted. I do not endorse or promote one genealogy site above another. Feel free to suggest your own preferred San Juan County genealogy or family history affiliated sites.

San Juan Co. NM Books, Newspapers & Publications

• New Mexico Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
• New Mexico historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
• Historical Newspapers from New Mexico (1844–1973) (genealogybank.com)
• San Juan County, New Mexico Books (amazon.com)
• Search New Mexico Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
• San Juan County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)

San Juan Co. NM Birth, Marriage & Death Records

• New Mexico Vital Records Research Guide
• Births and Christenings, 1726-1918 (familysearch.org)
• Marriages, 1751-1918 (familysearch.org)
• County Death Records, 1907-1952 (familysearch.org)
• Deaths, 1889-1945 (familysearch.org)
• Social Security Death Index (search.ancestry.com)

San Juan Co. NM Court, Probate Land and Tax Records

• New Mexico Court Records Research Guide
• BLM Land Records (glorecords.blm.gov)

San Juan Co. NM Census Records

• New Mexico Census Records Research Guide
• San Juan County, NM Census Records Links
• San Juan County, NM Census QuickFacts

San Juan Co. NM Cemeteries & Church Records

• New Mexico Cemetery Research Guide
• San Juan Co., New Mexico Graves (findagrave.com)
• San Juan County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
• San Juan Co., New Mexico Cemeteries (Internment.net)
• Topographic Cemetery List and Map for San Juan County, New Mexico
• San Juan Co., New Mexico Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
• New Mexico Church & Bible Research Guide
• Topographic Church List and Map for San Juan County, New Mexico
• San Juan County, New Mexico Church Books (amazon.com)

San Juan Co. NM Family Websites, Pictures & Histories

•  New Mexico Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)

San Juan Co. NM General and History Websites

• See Also State History for New Mexico
• San Juan County, New Mexico Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• San Juan County, New Mexico Wiki (familysearch.org)
• San Juan Co. NM Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
• Family History Library (familysearch.org)
• San Juan County, New Mexico (linkpendium.com)
• Cyndi’s List – United States – New Mexico – Counties – San Juan (cyndislist.com)
• San Juan County New Mexico (genealogytrails.com)
• San Juan Co. NMGenweb (nmgenweb.us)
• San Juan County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
• San Juan Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)

San Juan Co. NM Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

• See Also Map of New Mexico Links and Information
• 1895 San Juan County Map (livgenmi.com)

San Juan Co. NM Military Records

• New Mexico Military Records Research Guide
• New Mexico Military Records (fold3.com) offers access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the New Mexico men and women that served. Just the thing for San Juan County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.

San Juan Co. NM Schools & Directories

• F.A. McKinney’s Durango and Durango district directory, 1911-1912  (search.ancestry.com)
• Polk’s Arizona and New Mexico pictorial state gazetteer and business directory : 1912-1913.  (search.ancestry.com)