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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 El Macho (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 El Macho. 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 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.

El Macho 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 El Macho. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to El Macho:

  • San Miguel County     (The home county of El Macho)
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Macho, with the one closest to El Macho listed first.
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
    • Pecos
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Cowles
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
    • Rowe
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Pendaries Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
    • Rociada
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
    • Ilfeld
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hot Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Montezuma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • El Ancon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • El Ancon is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Ancon
    • Las Vegas Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
  • Los Alamos County
    • White Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
  • Mora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Macho, with the one closest to El Macho listed first.
    • South Carmen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
    • Ledoux
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
    • Abuelo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
    • Pacheco Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pacheco Village is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco Village
    • Cleveland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Holman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • La Cueva
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • La Cueva is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Macho, with the one closest to El Macho listed first.
    • Cordova
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Truchas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Chimayo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Espanola
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Macho, with the one closest to El Macho listed first.
    • Glorieta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
    • Tesuque
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Santa Fe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Seton Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
    • Chupadero
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Chupadero is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadero
    • Rio en Medio
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rio en Medio is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio en Medio
    • Eldorado at Santa Fe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Eldorado at Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado at Santa Fe
    • Lamy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Agua Fria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cundiyo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cuyamungue
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Cuyamungue is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamungue

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

Cemeteries Near El Macho ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of El Macho.

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 El Macho - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from El Macho, with the one closest to El Macho 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 El Macho in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of El Macho.

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

  • Pecos
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • 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>
  • Glorieta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Rowe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Santa Fe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Lamy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rociada
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • San Ignacio
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
  • Sands
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sands is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
  • Hot Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Pojoaque
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Jacona
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
  • San Miguel
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Sapello
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Las Vegas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Blanchard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Blanchard is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard

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

Newspapers Published in El Macho ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around El Macho.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of El Macho, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for El Macho.

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 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 El Macho:

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 El Macho, 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- El Macho) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.