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 Bonnie Blink (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 Bonnie Blink. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.
Bonnie Blink is located in Cochise County.
To see how the shape of Arizona's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cochise County: Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Santa Cruz & Hidalgo (NM).
Below are the counties that are near Bonnie Blink. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bonnie Blink:
- Cochise County (The home county of Bonnie Blink)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonnie Blink, with the one closest to Bonnie Blink listed first.
- Signal Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Signal Village is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal Village
- Coronado Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coronado Village is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado Village
- De Anza Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- De Anza Village is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Anza Village
- Fort Huachuca
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sierra Vista
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Huachuca City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunnyside ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Hereford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicksville is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicksville
- Charleston ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charleston is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Fairbank ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbank is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbank
- Miracle Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Miracle Valley is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Valley
- Pima County
- Greaterville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greaterville is located in Pima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaterville
- Santa Cruz County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bonnie Blink, with the one closest to Bonnie Blink listed first.
- Canelo ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Canelo is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canelo
- Former name for Canelo:
- Canille
- Elgin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sonoita
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lochiel ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lochiel is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
- Casa Blanca ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Casa Blanca is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
- Harshaw ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harshaw is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Duquesne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duquesne is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duquesne
- Mowry ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mowry is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowry
- Washington Camp ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Camp is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Camp
- Crittenden ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Crittenden is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crittenden
- Patagonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kentucky Camp ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kentucky Camp is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky Camp
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bonnie Blink, see our County-by-County Page for Bonnie Blink.
Cemeteries Near Bonnie Blink ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bonnie Blink.
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.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Bonnie Blink - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bonnie Blink covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bonnie Blink, with the one closest to Bonnie Blink listed first.
- Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Fort Huachuca.
- The Ft. Huachuca Post Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ft. Huachuca Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968897 <3>
- Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry Cemetery
- The Fry Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fry Family Cemetery
- Fry Pioneer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176887 <3>
- Sunnyside Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cochise Memory Gardens Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Black Oak Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fruitland Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairbank Pioneer Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> to the west of Tombstone.
- Miracle Valley Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Harshaw South Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Harshaw South Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Harshaw South Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast of Nogales.
- The South Harshaw South Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Harshaw Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2580873 <3>
- Harshaw Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lochief Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tombstone Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tombstone Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tombstone Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Tombstone.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #513617 <3>
- Mowry Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mowry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mowry Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast of Nogales.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2551837 <3>
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Bonnie Blink in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bonnie Blink.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bonnie Blink, with the one closest to Bonnie Blink listed first.
- Fort Huachuca
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fairbank ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairbank is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbank
- Contention City ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Contention City is located in Cochise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contention City
- Contention City has also been known as:
- Contention
- Sonoita
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harshaw ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harshaw is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harshaw
- Lochiel ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lochiel is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochiel
- Tombstone
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint David
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Greaterville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greaterville is located in Pima County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaterville
- Bisbee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Benson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bonnie Blink. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bonnie Blink.
Newspapers Published in Bonnie Blink ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bonnie Blink.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bonnie Blink, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bonnie Blink.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bonnie Blink:
- Websites specific to Arizona
- Pages specific to Cochise County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Pima County
- Santa Cruz County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arizona
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bonnie Blink) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bonnie Blink, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |