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 Nageezi (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 Nageezi. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Nageezi is located in San Juan 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 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 Nageezi. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nageezi:

• San Juan County     (The home county of Nageezi)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Nageezi, with the one closest to Nageezi listed first.
  • Huerfano
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huerfano have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huerfano
    • Huerfano is located in San Juan County
  • Lake Valley
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
    • Lake Valley is located in San Juan County
• McKinley County
  • Pueblo Pintado
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pueblo Pintado have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo Pintado
    • Pueblo Pintado is located in McKinley County
• Sandoval County
  • Counselor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Counselor
    • Counselor is located in Sandoval County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Counselor <2>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Nageezi:

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

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • McKinley County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Sandoval County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

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

Cemeteries Near Nageezi ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nageezi.

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

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

• Counselor Community Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • The Counselor Community Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Brethren Navajo Mission Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Counselor Community Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1983689 <3>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.nm.us/

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