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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 Lucero (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 Lucero. 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 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.

Lucero is located in Mora 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 Mora County: Colfax, Harding, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe & Taos.

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

  • Mora County     (The home county of Lucero)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lucero, with the one closest to Lucero listed first.
    • Rainsville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • La Cueva
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • La Cueva is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
    • Ojo Feliz
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mora
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Guadalupita
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Abuelo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
    • Cleveland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Holman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Golondrinas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Golondrinas is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golondrinas
    • Ledoux
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
    • Pacheco Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pacheco Village is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco Village
    • South Carmen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
  • Colfax County
    • Angel Fire
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lucero, with the one closest to Lucero listed first.
    • Sapello
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Rociada
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pendaries Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
    • Los Alamos
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
    • Kroenigs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
    • Hot Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Montezuma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Trout Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
    • Cowles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
    • Las Vegas Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
    • Las Vegas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Taos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lucero, with the one closest to Lucero listed first.
    • Angostura
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Angostura is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angostura
    • Tres Ritos
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tres Ritos is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Ritos
    • Valle Escondido
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Llano
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Shady Brook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Shady Brook is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
    • Vadito
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Penasco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Picuris Pueblo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Picuris Pueblo is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picuris Pueblo
    • Rio Lucio
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Rio Lucio is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Lucio
    • Talpa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Talpa is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
    • Chamisal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Trampas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Lucero ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lucero.

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 Lucero - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lucero, with the one closest to Lucero 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lucero had a population of 18 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • La Cueva
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • La Cueva is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
  • Mora
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Guadalupita
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Loma Parda ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Loma Parda is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Parda
  • Ocate
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rociada
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sapello
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Halls Peak ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Halls Peak is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Peak
  • San Ignacio
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
  • Tiptonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Tiptonville is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiptonville
  • Los Alamos
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • Watrous
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Watrous is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrous
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Kroenigs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
    • Onava
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Onava is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onava
    • Shoemaker
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Shoemaker is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker

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

Newspapers Published in Lucero ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lucero.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lucero, 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 Lucero.

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 Lucero:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Mora and Guadalupita. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<4>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- Lucero) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Lucero, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.