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 Evanola (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 Evanola. 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.

Evanola is located in DeBaca 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 DeBaca County: Chaves, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Quay & Roosevelt.

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

• DeBaca County     (The home county of Evanola)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Evanola, with the one closest to Evanola listed first.
  • Yeso
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeso
    • Yeso is located in DeBaca County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeso <1>
  • Fort Sumner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sumner
    • Fort Sumner is located in DeBaca County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Sumner <1>
  • Lake Sumner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Sumner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sumner
    • Lake Sumner is located in DeBaca County
  • Taiban
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taiban
    • Taiban is located in DeBaca County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taiban <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Evanola ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evanola.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evanola, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evanola.

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 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 Evanola:

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

• Genealogy information for nearby counties

• Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of DeBaca County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of DeBaca County

Cemeteries Near Evanola ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evanola.

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

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

• Morris Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morris Cemetery
• Yeso Catholic Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • The Yeso Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Yeso Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yeso Catholic Cemetery
• Ricardo Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ricardo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ricardo Cemetery
• Guadalupe Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guadalupe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guadalupe Cemetery
• Salado Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salado Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salado Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38393 <4>
• Salado Creek Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salado Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salado Creek Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38394 <4>
• Ft. Sumner Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ft. Sumner Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Fort Sumner.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Sumner Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38074 <4>
• Engleville Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Engleville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Engleville Cemetery
• Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the northwest of Fort Sumner.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38292 <4>
• La Lande Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the La Lande Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Lande Cemetery
• Locust Grove Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locust Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locust Grove Cemetery
• Gerhardt Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gerhardt Cemetery is located 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the southwest of Fort Sumner.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gerhardt Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38082 <4>
• Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Taiban Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taiban Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taiban Cemetery
  • Lone Mesa Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Mesa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Mesa Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38187 <4>
  • Nuestra Senora De Refugio Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nuestra Senora De Refugio Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38280 <4>

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.<5>

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

• Puerto De Luna
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puerto De Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puerto De Luna
  • Puerto De Luna is located in Guadalupe County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Evanola. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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