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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 Ambrosia Lake (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 Ambrosia Lake. 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 Ambrosia Lake ...

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 Ambrosia Lake: Ambrosia Lk.

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.

Ambrosia Lake is located in McKinley County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval.

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

  • McKinley County     (The home county of Ambrosia Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia Lake, with the one closest to Ambrosia Lake listed first.
    • Prewitt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Smith Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Thoreau
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Crownpoint
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Whitehorse
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorse
      • Whitehorse is located in McKinley County
    • Continental Divide
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Cibola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ambrosia Lake, with the one closest to Ambrosia Lake listed first.
    • Milan
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
      • Milan is located in Cibola County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,640 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
    • Grants
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
      • Grants is located in Cibola County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,835 people
      • Former name for Grants:
      • Grants Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants <1>
    • San Rafael
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
      • San Rafael is located in Cibola County
    • Acomita Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Acomita Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acomita Lake
      • Acomita Lake is located in Cibola County
    • San Fidel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cubero
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Encinal
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinal
      • Encinal is located in Cibola County
    • North Acomita Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Acomita Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Acomita Village
      • North Acomita Village is located in Cibola County
    • Seboyeta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
      • West Village is located in Cibola County

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

Newspapers Published in Ambrosia Lake ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ambrosia Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ambrosia Lake, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ambrosia Lake.

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 either 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 Ambrosia Lake:

Cemeteries Near Ambrosia Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ambrosia Lake.

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 Ambrosia Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Pioneer Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Grants Memorial Park
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • La Morada Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • San Fidel Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the San Fidel Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Fidel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38402 <4>
  • Budville Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • New York Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cubero Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

The official website for McKinley County: www.co.mckinley.nm.us/

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Ambrosia Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ambrosia Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4189, Longitude: -107.8217       In this case, the coordinates for Ambrosia Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.




 

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