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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 Buckman (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 Buckman. 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.

Buckman is primarily located in Sandoval County. A portion of Buckman extends into Santa Fe 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 Sandoval County: Bernalillo, Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba & Santa Fe.

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

  • Sandoval County     (The home county of Buckman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckman, with the one closest to Buckman listed first.
    • Cochiti Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Pena Blanca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sile
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
    • Domingo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jemez Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Los Alamos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckman, with the one closest to Buckman listed first.
    • White Rock
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Los Alamos
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckman, with the one closest to Buckman listed first.
    • Santa Clara Pueblo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Santa Clara Pueblo is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara Pueblo
    • Espanola
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ohkay Owingeh
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • San Juan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • San Juan is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
    • Chamita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
    • El Duende
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • El Duende is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Duende
    • Hernandez
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Chimayo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Alcalde
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • La Villita
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • La Villita is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Villita
    • Estaca
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Estaca is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaca
    • Los Luceros
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Los Luceros is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Luceros
    • Cordova
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckman, with the one closest to Buckman listed first.
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
    • Cowles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckman, with the one closest to Buckman listed first.
    • San Ildefonso Pueblo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • San Ildefonso Pueblo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ildefonso Pueblo
    • Pajarito
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Pajarito is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
    • El Rancho
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • El Rancho is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rancho
    • Jaconita
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jaconita is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaconita
    • Jacona
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
    • Cuyamungue
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Cuyamungue is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamungue
    • Pojoaque
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Arroyo Seco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Arroyo Seco is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
    • El Valle de Arroyo Seco
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Santa Cruz
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Santo Nino
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Santo Nino is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Nino
    • Sombrillo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Sombrillo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sombrillo
    • Chupadero
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Chupadero is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadero
  • Taos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Buckman, with the one closest to Buckman listed first.
    • Trampas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Vallecito
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Buckman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Buckman.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Buckman, with the one closest to Buckman 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.<4>

While we didn't find Buckman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Buckman.

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

  • Jacona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
  • Pojoaque
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Espanola
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Santa Cruz
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Fe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Chamita
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
  • Alcalde
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Velarde
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Los Cerrillos
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Abiquiu
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Glorieta
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lamy
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Embudo
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Buckman ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Buckman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Buckman, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Buckman.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Buckman:

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>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- Buckman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Buckman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.