Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

• That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
• We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
• On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Alaska (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Alaska. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Alaska is located in Cibola County.

To see how the shape of New Mexico's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cibola County: Apache (AZ), Bernalillo, Catron, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro & Valencia.

Below are the counties that are near Alaska. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alaska:

• Cibola County     (The home county of Alaska)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Alaska, with the one closest to Alaska listed first.
  • West Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
    • West Village is located in Cibola County
  • North Acomita Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Acomita Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Acomita Village
    • North Acomita Village is located in Cibola County
  • Acomita Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acomita Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acomita Lake
    • Acomita Lake is located in Cibola County
  • San Fidel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Fidel
    • San Fidel is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Fidel <2>
  • Seama
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seama have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seama
    • Seama is located in Cibola County
  • Cubero
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cubero
    • Cubero is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cubero <2>
  • Harrisburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Harrisburg is located in Cibola County
  • Paraje
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraje
    • Paraje is located in Cibola County
  • Casa Blanca
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
    • Casa Blanca is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casa Blanca <2>
  • Encinal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinal
    • Encinal is located in Cibola County
  • Acoma Pueblo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma Pueblo
    • Acoma Pueblo is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Acoma Pueblo <2>
  • Acoma Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acoma Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma Village
    • Acoma Village is located in Cibola County
  • Laguna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna
    • Laguna is located in Cibola County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laguna <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alaska, see our County-by-County Page for Alaska.

Newspapers Published in Alaska ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alaska.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alaska, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alaska.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Alaska:

• Websites specific to New Mexico
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the State Records Center and Archives

• Pages specific to Cibola County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties

• Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Cibola County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Cibola County

Cemeteries Near Alaska ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alaska.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alaska covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alaska, with the one closest to Alaska listed first.

• San Fidel Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the San Fidel Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Fidel Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38402 <5>
• New York Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New York Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2399818 <5>
• Budville Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • The Budville Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Old Cubero Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Budville Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37968 <5>
• Cubero Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • The Cubero Cemetery has also been known as:
  • New Cubero Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cubero Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #209178 <5>
• Casa Blanca Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Casa Blanca Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168020 <5>
• Paraje Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paraje Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38314 <5>
• Eckerman Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Eckerman Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eckerman Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38035 <5>
• San Esteban Del Rey Mission Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • The San Esteban Del Rey Mission Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Acoma Peublo Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Esteban Del Rey Mission Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2423311 <5>
• San Jose Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Jose Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Laguna.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Jose Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38410 <5>
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Paguate Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paguate Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paguate Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38309 <5>
  • Grants Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grants Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Grants.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grants Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973025 <5>
  • La Morada Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the La Morada Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of San Rafael.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Morada Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154048 <5>
  • Porter Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Porter Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38334 <5>
  • Pioneer Memorial Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • The Pioneer Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Bluewater Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37958 <5>
  • Tohajiilee Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tohajiilee Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2161694 <5>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alaska. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alaska.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alaska. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/