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 Big Horn (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 Big Horn. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba 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 Rio Arriba County: Archuleta (CO), Conejos (CO), Los Alamos, Mora, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe & Taos.
Below are the counties that are near Big Horn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Big Horn:
- Rio Arriba County (The home county of Big Horn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Horn, with the one closest to Big Horn listed first.
- Sublette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
- Lava ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lava is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Lobato ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
- Chama
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brazos
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
- Los Ojos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rutheron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rutheron is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
- Taos County
- Tres Piedras
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Conejos County (CO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Big Horn, with the one closest to Big Horn listed first.
- Mogote
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mogote is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogote
- Ortiz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ortiz is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
- Paisaje
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Paisaje is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisaje
- Osier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Osier is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
- Antonito
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conejos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cumbres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cumbres is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
- Romeo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manassa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Capulin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Bountiful
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bountiful is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
- La Jara
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Costilla County (CO)
- Jaroso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Big Horn, see our County-by-County Page for Big Horn.
Cemeteries Near Big Horn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Big Horn.
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 Big Horn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Big Horn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Big Horn, with the one closest to Big Horn listed first.
- San Miguel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martinez Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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 (CO).
- The Martinez Cemetery has also been known as:
- Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267023 <3>
- Fox Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mogote Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogote Cemetery
- The Mogote Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mogote Presbyterian Cemetery
- Las Mesitas Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Ortiz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ortiz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- San Antonio Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Antonio Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conejos Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Warshaver Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lobatos Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Nance Family Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 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 (CO).
- Old Manassa Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 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 (CO).
- Soward Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Big Horn had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Big Horn, with the one closest to Big Horn listed first.
- Sublette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
- Lava ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lava is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Toltec
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Toltec is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Ortiz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ortiz is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
- Antonito
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conejos
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cumbres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cumbres is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
- Los Cerritos
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Los Cerritos is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerritos
- Manassa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lobato ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
- Capulin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- No Agua
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- No Agua is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Agua
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Chama
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- La Jara
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(24 miles [38.6 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 Big Horn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Big Horn.
Newspapers Published in Big Horn ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Horn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Big Horn, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Big Horn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Big Horn:
- Websites specific to New Mexico
- Pages specific to Rio Arriba County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Taos County
- Conejos County
- Costilla County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Horn) 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 Big Horn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |