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 Sweetwater (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 Sweetwater. 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 Sweetwater ...
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.
Another variation: Sweet Water.
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 hospitals and 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.
Sweetwater is located in Pima 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 Pima County: Cochise, Graham, Maricopa, Pinal, Santa Cruz & Yuma.
Below are the counties that are near Sweetwater. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sweetwater:
- Pima County (The home county of Sweetwater)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sweetwater, with the one closest to Sweetwater listed first.
- Ali Chuk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ali Chuk
- Ali Chuk is located in Pima County
- Lukeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lukeville
- Lukeville is located in Pima County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lukeville <1>
- Pisinemo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisinemo
- Pisinemo is located in Pima County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pisinemo <1>
- Charco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
- Charco is located in Pima County
- Schuchuli
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Wahak Hotrontk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahak Hotrontk
- Wahak Hotrontk is located in Pima County
- Why
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Why
- Why is located in Pima County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Why <1>
- Allen ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Narcho Santos
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narcho Santos
- Narcho Santos is located in Pima County
- Maish Vaya
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maish Vaya
- Maish Vaya is located in Pima County
- Vaya Chin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaya Chin
- Vaya Chin is located in Pima County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sweetwater, see our County-by-County Page for Sweetwater.
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 Sweetwater:
- Websites specific to Arizona
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.azlibrary.gov/arm
- Pages specific to Pima County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arizona
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Arizona
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Arizona
- Cemeteries of Pima County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Arizona
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Arizona
- Cemeteries of Pima County
Cemeteries Near Sweetwater ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sweetwater.
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 Sweetwater covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sweetwater, with the one closest to Sweetwater listed first.
- Gu Vo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gu Vo Cemetery
- Pisinimo Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pisinimo Cemetery
- Gunsight Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gunsight Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gunsight Cemetery
- Hickiwan Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickiwan Cemetery
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 Sweetwater in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sweetwater.
- Quijotoa ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sweetwater. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sweetwater.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sweetwater. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Pima County: www.co.pima.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. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 Sweetwater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |