HISPANIC GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW MEXICO

What HISPANIC GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW MEXICO does

The Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico (HGRC-NM) is a non-profit genealogical research society founded in June 1993 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It maintains and publishes online the Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD), a collaborative genealogy platform containing 185,122 individuals and 61,290 families drawn from New Mexico's Hispanic ancestry. The database is built on the open-source WebTrees software platform, which allows multiple volunteer operators to input genealogical data viewable in real time, with limited public viewing and full access reserved for registered members.

HGRC-NM monetizes primarily through individual membership subscriptions priced at $27–$35 per year, plus publication sales of its quarterly Herencia journal, monthly Noticias newsletter (being phased out due to cost), and an online store of digitized historical records—baptismal, census, marriage, and death records from multiple New Mexico counties, plus USB flash-drive compilations of back issues priced at $45 each. The organization also generates ancillary content via a partnership with Family Tree DNA and the New Mexico DNA Project.

The society serves individual Hispanic genealogists and heritage researchers with interests in New Mexico ancestry, operating from offices inside the National Hispanic Cultural Center where it holds monthly membership meetings and provides research access on a limited weekly schedule (Tuesday/Thursday 10am–2pm, Saturday by appointment). HGRC-NM is governed by a volunteer-elected board (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Member-at-Large) with no external investors, parent company, or institutional funding disclosed.

Name

HISPANIC GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW MEXICO

Legal name

Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico

Website

https://hgrc-nm.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico is a non-profit society that maintains an online pedigree database of New Mexico Hispanic ancestry (185,122 individuals, 61,290 families) via WebTrees software, publishes a quarterly journal, and serves individual genealogists through memberships and record sales.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees providing access to the GNMPD database, monthly newsletter NOTICIAS, and quarterly journal HERENCIA. Membership year runs July to June.
2. Publication Sales: Sales of back issues of Herencia journal ($8 each), baptismal records, census records, death records, marriage records, and books on New Mexico genealogy. Products sold via mail-order PDF form.

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Core offering

The HGRC-NM is a non-profit genealogy research society founded in June 1993 that maintains and presents online the Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD) using WebTrees software. It sells membership subscriptions, publishes the quarterly Herencia journal and monthly Noticias newsletter, and offers historical records (baptismal, marriage, census, death) and books on New Mexico Hispanic genealogy for sale.

Product overview

HGRC-NM operates as a non-profit genealogy research society founded in 1993 that maintains the Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD) using WebTrees software—a collaborative platform allowing multiple operators to input genealogical data viewable in real time. The organization publishes the quarterly Herencia journal and monthly Noticias newsletter, and operates an online store selling genealogical research materials including baptismal, marriage, census, and death records from New Mexico counties, as well as books and membership subscriptions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Great New Mexico Pedigree Database (GNMPD) Online collaborative genealogy database containing 185,122 individuals and 61,290 families of New Mexico's Hispanic ancestry, accessible via WebTrees software with public viewing and full access for registered members.
• Herencia Quarterly Journal Quarterly journal of history covering Hispanic genealogical research, New Mexico history, and family lineages, published continuously since October 1993.
• Noticias Newsletter Monthly newsletter providing genealogical research updates, society news, and member communications.
• HGRC Membership Annual membership providing complete database access, ability to add personal genealogy research, monthly newsletter, and quarterly journal. Tiers: Individual $30, Individual and spouse $35, Senior citizen $27, Senior citizen and spouse $32 per year.
• Baptismal Records Collection Digitized baptismal records spanning multiple New Mexico counties including San Miguel, Rio Arriba, Valencia, Taos, Sandoval, Mora, and others from the 1700s-1900s, priced $30-$65 per volume.
• Marriage Records Collection Historical marriage records from various New Mexico counties including Socorro, San Miguel, Mora, Sandoval, Taos, Rio Arriba, and others from the 1800s-1900s, priced $25-$55 per volume.
• Census Records Historical census records including the 1692 El Paso Census, 1671 Catholic Census of Zacatecas, and New Mexico Census records from 1790, 1823, and 1845.
• Death and Burial Records Death and burial records from Valencia County (Belen, Tome) and San Miguel County (Las Vegas) spanning from 1793 to 1915.

Quantifiable outcome

• 185,122 individuals and 61,290 families documented in the database

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Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHGRC operates from office space in the Research and Literary Arts Building at NHCC. Monthly meetings held at NHCC, Dominici Building. This is the primary physical location for HGRC operations.
• National Park ServiceminorOthersBanner photos on the HGRC website are courtesy of the National Park Service, particularly photos of El Morro inscriptions and the Acoma Pueblo church.
• Philip GreenspunminorOthersBanner photo on the GNMPD portal page (El Santuario de Chimayo) is credited to Philip Greenspun.
• Family Tree DNAminorOthersHGRC links to Family Tree DNA testing services and the New Mexico DNA Project, allowing members to correlate genealogical research with DNA testing results.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• National Genealogical Society: U.S. national membership society for genealogists, publishing periodicals, hosting conferences, and providing member research resources. Closely aligned with HGRC's membership-society, journal-publishing model, though broader in scope.
• New Mexico Genealogical Society: State-level genealogical society also based in New Mexico, serving overlapping family-history researchers with meetings, publications, and records. Most directly comparable peer given shared geography, mission, and member base.
• New England Historic Genealogical Society (American Ancestors): Long-established regional membership genealogical society publishing a scholarly journal and operating research libraries. Closely comparable to HGRC's membership-society + scholarly-journal model, though with a New England focus rather than New Mexico Hispanic focus.

Broad incumbents

• Ancestry.com: Leading subscription genealogy platform with billions of records, family-tree software, and integrated DNA testing. Competes for HGRC's members' research time and subscription dollars and serves as a potential aggregation channel for HGRC's New Mexico Hispanic records.
• MyHeritage: Global subscription genealogy platform with family-tree tools, historical record search, and DNA testing, with notable strength in European and Hispanic/Latino family research. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same category.
• FamilySearch: Operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch is the largest free genealogy database globally with collaborative family-tree software similar to HGRC's WebTrees implementation. Comparable as a free collaborative genealogy platform and likely the dominant substitute for HGRC's database.
• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Genealogical Research Committee: Long-established heritage and lineage society maintaining extensive genealogical records databases and publishing research resources. Comparable as a membership-driven genealogical/heritage society with archival and publication operations.

Regional players

• FindMyPast: Subscription genealogy platform strong in U.S. and U.K. records with family-tree functionality and historical record search. Comparable as a subscription genealogy database competitor though regional focus differs from HGRC's Hispanic-New Mexico niche.

Emerging players

• New Mexico DNA Project: Regional DNA surname/lineage project already linked from HGRC's site, focused on correlating genetic and documentary genealogy for New Mexico families. Directly comparable as an adjacent community resource sharing HGRC's New Mexico Hispanic focus.
• Family Tree DNA: Genetic genealogy testing company and operator of the New Mexico DNA Project, already partnered with HGRC. Comparable as a complementary rather than substitute player whose DNA products extend HGRC's documentary research into genetic verification.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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Investors

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