New Mexico Birth Records

Enter a first and/or last name to search New Mexico birth records. This website was created to provide genealogists with access to the New Mexico birth records from a single place. Additional information on how to obtain New Mexico birth certificates is available below.

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New Mexico birth records

Birth records contain information about a person's birth, including the date of birth, place of birth, sometimes the names of the mother and father, and even the physician who attended the birth. Birth certificates issued by state and local governments will often include the place of residence, and the mother's maiden name.

This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing New Mexico birth records, New Mexico birth ceritificates, New Mexico birth notices, New Mexico birth indexes, and other related New Mexico genealogy records.

Birth records have long been used to help with genealogy research. They are considered to be "primary source" records, because the information is recorded by an eye witness, at the time the birth takes place. The Internet has allowed people to store birth records into various online archives. This has brought access to online birth records much more easier for genealogy researchers.

Newspapers frequently publish notices of births, and in addition to birth certificates, are a popular source of research by genealogists. Newspapers typically do not announce the names of the newborn, but list the sex of the child, the names of the parents, the place and date of birth.

On this page you will find the most comprehensive databases containing birth records of New Mexico. We also suggest searching for "New Mexico birth records" using Google.com, which will yield all such databases.

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How to Obtain New Mexico Birth Certificates

Statewide vital records registration officially began in 1920, although there are some records as early as 1889. Births and deaths are now housed at the Bureau of Vital Records, while marriages have always been the responsibility of the county clerk.

For birth and death records from 1889 to the present, write:

New Mexico Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Records & Health Statistics
1190 St. Francis Drive
P.O. Box 26110
Santa Fe, NM 87504-6110

For prior records, write to the clerk of the county in question.

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