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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 San Antonio (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 San Antonio. 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 hospitals and 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.

San Antonio is located in Conejos County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Conejos County: Alamosa, Archuleta, Costilla, Rio Grande, Rio Arriba (NM) & Taos (NM).

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

  • Conejos County     (The home county of San Antonio)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
    • Ortiz
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Ortiz is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
    • Paisaje
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Paisaje is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisaje
    • Antonito
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Conejos
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Mogote
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Mogote is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogote
    • Romeo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Manassa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bountiful
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Bountiful is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
    • Osier
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Osier is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
    • La Jara
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Sanford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Capulin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Cumbres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Cumbres is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
  • Alamosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
    • Henry
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Henry is located in Alamosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
    • Waverly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Waverly is located in Alamosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
  • Costilla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
    • Jaroso
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Garcia
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • San Acacio
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
    • Lava ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lava is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
    • Sublette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
    • Lobato ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
  • Taos County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
    • Tres Piedras
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Costilla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Buena Vista
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cerro
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near San Antonio ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Antonio.

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 San Antonio - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • San Antonio Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ortiz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Old Ortiz Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Mogote Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogote Cemetery
    • The Mogote Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mogote Presbyterian Cemetery
  • Antonio Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Warshaver Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Conejos Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Las Mesitas Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Martinez Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Martinez Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the west of Antonito.
    • The Martinez Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267023 <3>
  • San Miguel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lobatos Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • New Manassa Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Nance Family Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nance Family Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Nance Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Manassa.
    • Old Manassa Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Manassa Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Manassa Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the south of Manassa.
    • Soward Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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 San Antonio in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of San Antonio.

These communities are listed based on their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.

  • Ortiz
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Ortiz is located in Conejos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
  • Lava ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lava is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
  • Antonito
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Conejos
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Big Horn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
  • Los Cerritos
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Los Cerritos is located in Conejos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerritos
  • Sublette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
  • Manassa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Toltec
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Toltec is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
  • Sanford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • La Jara
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Capulin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • No Agua
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • No Agua is located in Taos County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Agua
    • Lasauses
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lasauses is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasauses
    • Cumbres
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Cumbres is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres

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

Newspapers Published in San Antonio ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Antonio.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Antonio, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Antonio.

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 San Antonio:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- San Antonio) 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 San Antonio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.