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 Crowther Cow Camp (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 Crowther Cow Camp. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Crowther Cow Camp 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 Crowther Cow Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crowther Cow Camp:
- Rio Arriba County (The home county of Crowther Cow Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crowther Cow Camp, with the one closest to Crowther Cow Camp listed first.
- Brazos
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
- Los Ojos
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rutheron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rutheron is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
- Cebolla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canjilon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chama
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sublette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
- Lobato ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
- Vallecitos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lava ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lava is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Petaca
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- El Rito
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Taos County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crowther Cow Camp, with the one closest to Crowther Cow Camp listed first.
- Tres Piedras
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Servilleta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Servilleta is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilleta
- Conejos County (CO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crowther Cow Camp, with the one closest to Crowther Cow Camp listed first.
- Osier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Osier is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
- Cumbres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cumbres is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
- Ortiz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ortiz is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
- Mogote
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mogote is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogote
- Paisaje
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paisaje is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisaje
- Antonito
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Conejos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crowther Cow Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Crowther Cow Camp.
Cemeteries Near Crowther Cow Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crowther Cow Camp.
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 Crowther Cow Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crowther Cow Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crowther Cow Camp, with the one closest to Crowther Cow Camp listed first.
- Tusas Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rutheron Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Canjilon Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chama Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- San Miguel Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Old Ortiz Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ortiz Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Creek Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- San Antonio Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mogote Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Martinez Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 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>
- La Cueva Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Crowther Cow Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crowther Cow Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crowther Cow Camp, with the one closest to Crowther Cow Camp listed first.
- Tierra Amarilla ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tierra Amarilla is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla
- Toltec
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Toltec is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Chama
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sublette
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
- Lobato ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
- Vallecitos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- No Agua
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- No Agua is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Agua
- Big Horn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
- Willow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Cumbres
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cumbres is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
- Tres Piedras
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lava ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lava is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Servilleta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Servilleta is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilleta
- Ortiz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ortiz is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
- El Rito
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crowther Cow Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crowther Cow Camp.
Newspapers Published in Crowther Cow Camp ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crowther Cow Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crowther Cow Camp, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crowther Cow Camp.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Crowther Cow Camp:
- Websites specific to New Mexico
- Pages specific to Rio Arriba County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Taos County
- Conejos 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crowther Cow Camp) 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 Crowther Cow Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |