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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 East Pecos (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 East Pecos. 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.

Name Variations for East Pecos ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East Pecos: E. Pecos

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

East Pecos is located in San Miguel 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 San Miguel County: Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Santa Fe & Torrance.

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

  • San Miguel County     (The home county of East Pecos)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Pecos, with the one closest to East Pecos listed first.
    • Pecos
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <1>
    • Rowe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ilfeld
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
    • Cowles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
    • El Ancon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • El Ancon is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Ancon
    • Ribera
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • San Miguel
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
    • Trout Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
    • Coruco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Coruco is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coruco
    • Hot Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Pendaries Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
  • Mora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Pecos, with the one closest to East Pecos listed first.
    • South Carmen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
    • Ledoux
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
    • Abuelo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Pecos, with the one closest to East Pecos listed first.
    • Glorieta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
    • Lamy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eldorado at Santa Fe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Eldorado at Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado at Santa Fe
    • Seton Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
    • Santa Fe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tesuque
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Galisteo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Agua Fria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Chupadero
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chupadero is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadero
    • Rio en Medio
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Rio en Medio is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio en Medio
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City

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

Cemeteries Near East Pecos ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Pecos.

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 East Pecos - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Pecos, with the one closest to East Pecos 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.<3>

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

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

  • Pecos
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <1>
  • Rowe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Glorieta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lamy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sands
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sands is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
  • Santa Fe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • San Miguel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
  • Blanchard
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Blanchard is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
  • Hot Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Tecolote
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
  • San Ignacio
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
  • Rociada
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Bernal
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Bernal is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernal
    • Romero
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Romero is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
    • Las Vegas
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in East Pecos ...

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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Pecos.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Pecos, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Pecos.

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 East Pecos:

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>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 East Pecos, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- East Pecos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.