Our Genealogy HelperIntroduction ...We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
By learning about Eagle Nest (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 Eagle Nest. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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. Eagle Nest is located in McKinley 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 McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval. Below are the counties that are near Eagle Nest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Eagle Nest:
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Eagle Nest, see our County-by-County Page for Eagle Nest. Cemeteries Near Eagle Nest ...Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Eagle Nest. 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 Eagle Nest - one of the links might be able to help. If not found below, our Cemetery List for Eagle Nest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order. The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Eagle Nest, with the one closest to Eagle Nest listed first.
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Eagle Nest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Eagle Nest. 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 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 Eagle Nest:
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