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 Mackey Place (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 Mackey Place. 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 Mackey Place ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mackey Place: Mackey Pl. (or less commonly used: Mackey Plc.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Mackey Place is located in San Juan 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 Juan County: Apache (AZ), Archuleta (CO), La Plata (CO), Montezuma (CO), McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & San Juan (UT).
Below are the counties that are near Mackey Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mackey Place:
- San Juan County (The home county of Mackey Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mackey Place, with the one closest to Mackey Place listed first.
- Navajo Dam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Turley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Turley is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
- Blanco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Aztec
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rio Arriba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mackey Place, with the one closest to Mackey Place listed first.
- Navajo City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Navajo City is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo City
- Navajo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Dulce
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Archuleta County (CO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mackey Place, with the one closest to Mackey Place listed first.
- Arboles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gato
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gato is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gato
- Chimney Rock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Juanita ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Juanita is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
- Trujillo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Trujillo is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trujillo
- La Plata County (CO)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mackey Place, with the one closest to Mackey Place listed first.
- Allison
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Allison is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- La Boca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Boca is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
- Ignacio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bayfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gem Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Gem Village is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Village
- Florida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Florida is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Bondad
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bondad is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondad
- Carbon Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carbon Junction is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Junction
- Vallecito
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Durango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mackey Place, see our County-by-County Page for Mackey Place.
Cemeteries Near Mackey Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mackey Place.
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 Mackey Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mackey Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mackey Place, with the one closest to Mackey Place listed first.
- Tiffany Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Allison Tiffany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- La Boca Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Rosa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ouray Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Los Martinez Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carracas Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bayfield Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pagosa Juction Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Old Cedar Hill Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elco Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Juanita Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Juanita Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northwest of Dulce.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152884 <2>
- Crestview Memorial Garden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Altura Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Mackey Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mackey Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mackey Place, with the one closest to Mackey Place listed first.
- La Boca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- La Boca is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
- Rosa ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rosa is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Arboles
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ignacio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Carracas
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Carracas is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
- Piedra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Piedra is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
- Juanita ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Juanita is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
- Navajo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Aztec
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Durango
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dulce
(29 miles [46.7 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 Mackey Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mackey Place.
Newspapers Published in Mackey Place ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mackey Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mackey Place, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mackey Place.
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 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 Mackey Place:
- Websites specific to New Mexico
- Pages specific to San Juan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Rio Arriba County
- Archuleta County
- La Plata County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
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> | 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- Mackey Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Mackey Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |