Welcome to Valencia County, New Mexico Genealogy and History A Part of the Genealogy Trails Group   Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This County Site is Available for Adoption! WANT TO HELP? We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be successful. If you are interested in joining our group, view our Volunteer Page for further information Check your attics! Dust off your family scrapbooks! We're looking for DATA for this site!!! If you are interested in adding your families' information this website, Email Us. We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find a home here at New Mexico Genealogy Trails, where it will remain free for all to view. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. ALL DATA IS ADDED TO THE SITE AS WE COME ACROSS IT, SO IF IT IS NOT HERE, KEEP CHECKING BACK! Our Lady of Guadalupe, State Highway 47, Peralta, Valencia County, NM Initially constructed in 1850 County Information One of the 9 original counties formed in 1852 The county, which was formerly much larger in area, lost almost 81 percent of its territory on June 19, 1981 upon the creation of Cibola County, which occupies the westernmost portion of Valencia County's former area. The county seat is Los Lunas Populated Areas Belen * Bosque Farms * Casa Colorada * El Cerro-Monterey Park * Jarales Los Chaves * Los Lunas * Los Trujillos-Gabaldon * Meadow Lake * Peralta Rio Communities * Rio Communities North * Tome-Adelino * Valencia Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories / Records County Records Death Records Family Bibles County History Marriages Military Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries School Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Jan 2013: WW2 casualties Apr 2012: bios for CHAVEZ, CHAVES, JARAMILLO, LUNA Submit an Obituary with our automated form Search Our Sites Don't miss an Update! Join our Genealogy Trails Southwestern States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Southwestern States of : Texas -- New Mexico -- Oklahoma -- Nevada -- Arizona   Visit the New Mexico State Site Surrounding Counties Bernalillo County Torrance County Socorro County Cibola County Visit Genealogy Trails National Site Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.