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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 Barr (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 Barr. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Barr is located in Bernalillo County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bernalillo County: Cibola, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance & Valencia.

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

  • Bernalillo County     (The home county of Barr)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
    • South Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • South Valley is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
    • Isleta Pueblo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Isleta Pueblo is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isleta Pueblo
    • Isleta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Martinez Town
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Martinez Town is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Town
    • Old Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Old Town is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Albuquerque
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Mesa Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Mesa Village is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Village
    • Canada Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Canada Village is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Village
    • Hoffmantown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hoffmantown is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmantown
    • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,129 people
    • North Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • North Valley is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley
    • Carnuel
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Carnuel is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnuel
  • Sandoval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
    • Pueblo of Sandia Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bernalillo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Placitas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
    • Algodones
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
    • Edgewood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Torrance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
    • Tajique
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Torreon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Torreon is located in Torrance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreon
    • Manzano
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Manzano is located in Torrance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzano
  • Valencia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Barr, with the one closest to Barr listed first.
    • Bosque Farms
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Peralta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Los Lunas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Valencia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Valencia is located in Valencia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia
    • Meadow Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadow Lake is located in Valencia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
    • Tome
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Belen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Belen is located in Valencia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,496 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belen <1>
    • Rio Communities
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jarales
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Casa Colorada
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Casa Colorada is located in Valencia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Colorada
    • Bosque
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Barr ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Barr.

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 Barr - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Barr had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Pajarito ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pajarito is located in Bernalillo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
  • Isleta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Peralta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Albuquerque
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Los Lunas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Alameda
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Tome
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Corrales
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Rio Puerco
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rio Puerco is located in Valencia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Puerco
  • Belen
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Belen is located in Valencia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,496 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belen <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Barr ...

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 188 newspapers that have been published in the area around Barr.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Barr, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Barr.

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 Barr:

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 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.
<3>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 Barr, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Barr) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.