New Mexico Genealogy and History

A Listmania! list by Nancy Lopez "Cybergata" (Just east of the Rio Grande in Old Alburquerque, NM)
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1.  Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period by Angelico Chavez
The list author says:
  "The Bible of New Mexico Genealogy, and "Must Have" for anyone with New Mexico Ancestry"
$39.80   Used & New from: $38.25
4.9 out of 5 stars  (10 customer reviews)

2.  The Royal Road: El Camino Real from Mexico City to Santa Fe by Douglas Preston
The list author says:
  "Great Pictures on the Camino &  good genealogical information from "Beyond Origins" webmaster, Jose Antonio Esquibel"
Used & New from: $21.85

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3.  The Place Names of New Mexico by Robert Julyan
The list author says:
  "The best book on origins of place names & since many of New Mexico's places are named  after people, it is invaluable for genealogy."
$17.12   Used & New from: $7.80
4.7 out of 5 stars  (6 customer reviews)

4.  The Last Conquistador: Juan De Onate and the Settling of the Far Southwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies, Vol 2) by Marc Simmons
The list author says:
  "Settling New Mexico was not an easy task. Onate's expedition is still contraversial in New Mexico.  This is the best book on the subject."
$17.96   Used & New from: $10.00
4.7 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)

5.  Spanish Pathways: Readings in the History of Hispanic New Mexico by Marc Simmons
The list author says:
  "More Enjoyable reading about New Mexico from my favorite Historian, Marc Simmons. "
$14.21   Used & New from: $9.34

6.  New Mexico: An Interpretive History by Marc Simmons
The list author says:
  "My favorite N.M. History book.  It doesn't go into to detail, there are other books for that.  It reads like prose rather than History.  Great Book for an overall view of NM History."
$14.95   Used & New from: $3.13
4.2 out of 5 stars  (5 customer reviews)

7.  Hispanic Albuquerque, 1706-1846 by Marc Simmons
The list author says:
  "My ancestors lived what Marc Simmons writes so well about.   Marc Simmons understands New Mexico like he has lived here for generations himself."
$12.92   Used & New from: $6.89
4.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

8.  Coronado's Land: Essays on Daily Life in Colonial New Mexico by Marc Simmons
The list author says:
  "Marc Simmons does it again.  While you read this book you will be in Colonial New Mexico."
$10.85   Used & New from: $3.88
5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

9.  Little Lion Of Southwest: A Life Of Manuel Antonio Chaves by Marc Simmons
The list author says:
  "Everyone with ancestrial ties to the Rio Abajo has some Duran y Chaves, and this is an enjoyable book about one of the many "characters" from the Chaves Clan"
$14.95   Used & New from: $10.56
5.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)