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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 Sand Springs (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 Sand Springs. 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.

Name Variations for Sand Springs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Sand Springs: Sand Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sand Spngs. or Sand Sprngs.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors 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.

Sand Springs is located in Apache County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Apache County: Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Montezuma (CO), Catron (NM), Cibola (NM), McKinley (NM), San Juan (NM) & San Juan (UT).

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

  • Apache County     (The home county of Sand Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Springs, with the one closest to Sand Springs listed first.
    • Tes Nez Iah
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tes Nez Iah
      • Tes Nez Iah is located in Apache County
    • Dennehotso
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Rock Point
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Totacon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totacon
      • Totacon is located in Apache County
    • Red Mesa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mesa
      • Red Mesa is located in Apache County
    • Round Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Navajo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Springs, with the one closest to Sand Springs listed first.
    • Baby Rocks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Rocks
      • Baby Rocks is located in Navajo County
    • Oljato - Monument Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Chilchinbito
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilchinbito
      • Chilchinbito is located in Navajo County
  • San Juan County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sand Springs, with the one closest to Sand Springs listed first.
    • Halchita
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halchita
      • Halchita is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • Mexican Hat
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Tselakai Dezza
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tselakai Dezza have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tselakai Dezza
      • Tselakai Dezza is located in San Juan County (UT)
    • White Mesa Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Mesa Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mesa Village
      • White Mesa Village is located in San Juan County (UT)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Sand Springs:

Cemeteries Near Sand Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sand Springs.

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).

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

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

The official website for Apache County: www.co.apache.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024