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	Census Bureau Profiles - http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/35000.html "Profile" of each county including historical census information, plus a map.
	Repositories of Primary Sources: New Mexico - http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/special-collections/west.html#usnm Links to sources of historical materials in New Mexico. Published by the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives department.
	National Archives and Records - Rocky Mountain Region - http://www.archives.gov/facilities/co/denver.html NARA storage facility with records for seven states including New Mexico. Includes historical materials dealing with homesteading, Indian history, mining, and territorial court proceedings. Research can be initiated by email.
	New Mexico Office of the State Historian - http://www.newmexicohistory.org Aims to foster an appreciation and understanding of the state's history. Includes timeline and calendar.
	New Mexico Culture Net - http://www.nmculturenet.org/ In addition to general historical information, includes pages on the Civil War in New Mexico with text, photos and sketches, information about artifacts and remains, and essays.

	Special Collections and Archives - http://www.nau.edu/library/speccoll/index.html Image database with many historic photos of New Mexico.
	Climate Summaries - http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/climsmnm.html From the Western Regional Climate Center, historical summaries of climate including snow fall tables for over 200 sites in New Mexico.
	Rio Grande Valley Library System - http://www.cabq.gov/library/specol.html Special collections of the library of interest to anyone doing historical research listed, including the Genealogy Collection, the DAR Lineage Books, and others, for use in the library.
	New Mexico History - New Mexico State University - http://web.nmsu.edu/~publhist/index.html Covers University history, New Mexico history, links to other public history pages and links to historical editing web pages including the Jack D. Rittenhouse Collection of Photographs from New Mexico.
	Mountain Times - http://www.mountaintimes.net/ Reprints articles about the Sacramento Mountain area such as "Life as it was in the Sacramentos" from Mountain Times, monthly newspaper located in Timberon.

	Folk Arts of the Spanish Southwest - http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/iadfolk/iadfolk-main5.html Discussion of Old World Spanish traditions and native Indian sensibilities. Includes tour of five rooms at the National Gallery of Art.
	Hollister Collection of Southwestern Native American Pottery - http://www.umass.edu/arthist/pots/main.html Photos of pots in the collection held at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque with information about each.
	Survey of Columbus for the National Park Service - http://web.nmsu.edu/~publhist/columbus.htm Reports of activities of New Mexico State University faculty and students to record the history of Columbus, New Mexico, including a survey and photographs of historic buildings.
	Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District - http://www.spa.usace.army.mil/reg/#irrigation Among other information about permits, offers a 118-picture slide show of historical water resources.
	Timeline of New Mexico History - http://www.ppsa.com/magazine/NMtimeline.html Includes events from 25000 BC to 1998, from the New Mexico Blue Book.

	Passport Records 1828-1836 - http://www.nmgs.org/artpass.htm Mexican Port of Entry Records taken at Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. Published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.
	Acoma Pottery - http://www.migrations.com/traditionalacoma.html Traditional designs and techniques. Many photos illustrate historical and current procedures.
	Selected Publications on the Water Resources in New Mexico - http://nm.water.usgs.gov/publications.htm List of publications mostly of the U.S. Geological Survey dealing with water resources, wells, reservoirs, and streams.
	Rewriting Southwestern History - http://www.he.net/~archaeol/9701/abstracts/southwest.html Abstract from the publication "Archaeology", by the Archaeological Institute of America, dealing with the concept of the Great North Road. With map.
	Cuarto Centrennial History Series - http://www.abqjournal.com/venue/museums/#Cuarto Many historical articles about settlement in New Mexico by Juan de Onate in 1598 from the Albuquerque Journal.

	500 Years of Encounters 1492-1992 - http://collectorsguide.com/sf/sffa02.shtml Events that shaped New Mexico Hispanic arts and crafts.
	New Mexico History - http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~celina/history.html From the New Mexico Magazine Vacation Guide.
	Gila Wilderness - http://www.onroute.com/feature/gila/index.html Geology, history of native inhabitants, other subjects. With photos.
	WPA Life Histories from New Mexico - http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/nmcat.html First-person accounts of life in New Mexico collected during the Great Depression and stored at the Library of Congress. Includes Pioneer Stories, oral histories.
	Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rghtml/rghome.html Juan B. Rael Collection of religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of northern New Mexico including essays in both English and Spanish.

	Vital Records - http://www.vitalcheck.com/displayprovider.asp?provider=14651 Source for birth, marriage and death records which may be ordered by telephone.
	Friars Aim to Convert, Educate Natives - http://www.abqjournal.com/venue/museums/centennial/cent9.htm Relationship of Cortes, Cuauhtemoc and Onate reported. From the Albuquerque Journal.

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