. Geococcyx californianus   Grant County New Mexico AHGP Grant County was created 30 January 1868. It was named for General Ulysses S. Grant who became president. Silver City is the county seat. This county is rich with copper, gold and other metals. It contains part of the Gila National Forest. Farming and ranching are major businesses. Yucca Flower Births Cemeteries Most Death Records --75,000 Grant Cemetery Maps Death and Cemetery Records (By Carl Scholl) About Grant County Holy Family Church Death Records 11,641 Name Obituary Index Early County Death Records History Obituaries Post Office History    500 More Pages Below Census Data Census Transcriptions by Virginia Grace Census Transcriptions by Lydia Uribe Death Records Click on Prototype Search this site Email Lists Family Group Sheets Family Histories (EPA) Local Family Histories Forts Project Facts and Trivia Ghost Towns Historical Maps Hispanic Histories Military Data Marriages Index 12,600 marriages NM Histories New Mexico Seekers New Mexico Spirits Oklahoma and Texas Other web sites Post Office History Search this site NM Genealogy Original Web Site United States Free Databases Please inform webmaster of errors To contribute data to this site or report site errors, please contact Charles Feel free to use data for your personal research. Please do not copy data to other web sites. Return to County Index Site created and developed by C. W. Barnum ©1996-2012