Our Genealogy HelperIntroduction ...We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
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. For example, a typical abbreviation for Sand Springs: Sand Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sand Spngs. or Sand Sprngs.) You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sand Springs. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sand Springs. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 may 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:
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sand Springs, see our County-by-County Page for 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. 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 Sand Springs - one of the links might be able to help. 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. Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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:
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