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 Antelope Wells (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 Antelope Wells. 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 Antelope Wells ...

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 Antelope Wells: Antelope Wls.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Antelope Wells is located in Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County: Cochise (AZ), Greenlee (AZ), Grant & Luna.

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

• Hidalgo County     (The home county of Antelope Wells)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Antelope Wells, with the one closest to Antelope Wells listed first.
  • Alamo Hueco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo Hueco
    • Alamo Hueco is located in Hidalgo County
  • Cloverdale ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Cloverdale is located in Hidalgo County
• Socorro County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Antelope Wells, with the one closest to Antelope Wells listed first.
  • Bramlett ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramlett
    • Bramlett is located in Socorro County
  • Garcia
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia
    • Garcia is located in Socorro County

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

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 Antelope Wells:

• Websites specific to New Mexico
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the State Records Center and Archives

• Pages specific to Hidalgo County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Socorro County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Hidalgo County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Hidalgo County

Cemeteries Near Antelope Wells ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Antelope Wells.

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).

• Cloverdale Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cloverdale Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193954 <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/