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LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

How the Project Started
The USGenWeb® Project was established in 1996 by a group of genealogists who shared a desire to create free online resources for genealogical research. Originally beginning with online directories of text-based resources, their vision has grown into a network of over 3,000 linked websites, all individually created and maintained by a community of volunteers. Today, you may find a variety of unique county and state resources including photos, maps, transcriptions, historical documents, helpful links, and much more.

County Coordinator
My name is Thomas Bombaci, Jr. . I am the coordinator for the NMGenWeb Lea County New Mexico web site. Submittals of historical documents, photos, and just about anything genealogically related are always welcome for publication in this website.  Unfortunately, I am unable to provide research services in Lea County.

To host a New Mexico county web site, please contact the NMGenWeb State Coordinator, Cheryl Burbank.

Lea County Background
Lea County was created in 1917 from Chaves and Eddy Counties, New Mexico. The county seat is Lovington, New Mexico.  "Lea County was created from Eddy and Chaves counties in 1917 and named for Captain Joseph Calloway Lea, just five years after New Mexico was admitted to the Union as a State. Captain Lea was the first Mayor of Roswell and the father of the New Mexico Military Institute. Lea County had virtually nothing to offer except the vision of a handful of hardy settlers. Wagon roads and cattle trails were the only roads connecting the sparse settlements; there were no railroad, telegraph, daily newspaper, running stream, river, or any major center of population that could properly be called a city. The mail was a horse-conveyed means of communication requiring days to be picked up and delivered."

Look Up and Research Request
I am unable to do your personal research. I do not live in Lea county and I do not have access to additional records. If you do not see the information you are seeking in this site, I do not have it, as everything I have is posted in this site.  


Copyright Information
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Site Last Updated: 2024/05/03

Submittals and suggestions always welcome:  email Thomas Bombaci, Jr.