Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Craig. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Craig to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Craig, please Contact Us.

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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 Craig (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 Craig. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Craig is historic, it would have been located within present day Socorro 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 Socorro County: Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, Sierra, Torrance & Valencia.

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

• Socorro County     (The home county of Craig)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Craig, with the one closest to Craig listed first.
  • San Antonito
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonito
    • San Antonito is located in Socorro County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonito <2>
  • San Antonio
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
    • San Antonio is located in Socorro County
  • Socorro
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socorro
    • Socorro is located in Socorro County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Socorro <2>
• Sierra County
  • Rock Canyon
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
    • Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County

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

Newspapers Published in Craig ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Craig.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Craig, 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 Craig.

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 Craig:

• 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 Socorro County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Sierra 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 Socorro County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico

Cemeteries Near Craig ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Craig.

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

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

• Ft. Craig Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Craig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Craig Cemetery
• San Marcial Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Marcial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Marcial Cemetery
• Carthage Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carthage Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carthage Cemetery
• San Miguel Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Miguel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Miguel Cemetery

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.

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

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

• San Marcial ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Marcial have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marcial
  • San Marcial is located in Socorro County
• Paraje ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paraje have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraje
  • Paraje is located in Socorro County
• Lava
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lava have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
  • Lava is located in Socorro County
• Crocker
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crocker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker
  • Crocker is located in Sierra County
• San Antonio
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
  • San Antonio is located in Socorro County
• Carthage ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
  • Carthage is located in Socorro County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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