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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 Ojo de San Jose (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 Ojo de San Jose. 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.

Ojo de San Jose is located in Sandoval 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 Sandoval County: Bernalillo, Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba & Santa Fe.

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

  • Sandoval County     (The home county of Ojo de San Jose)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ojo de San Jose, with the one closest to Ojo de San Jose listed first.
    • Ponderosa
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jemez Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jemez Pueblo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • San Ysidro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Zia Pueblo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zia Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zia Pueblo
      • Zia Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
    • Seven Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
      • Seven Springs is located in Sandoval County
    • Cochiti Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Santa Ana Pueblo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Ana Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Ana Pueblo
      • Santa Ana Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Ana Pueblo <1>
    • Sile
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
    • Pena Blanca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pena Blanca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pena Blanca
      • Pena Blanca is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pena Blanca <1>
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • San Felipe Pueblo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Felipe Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Felipe Pueblo
      • San Felipe Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
  • Bernalillo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ojo de San Jose, with the one closest to Ojo de San Jose listed first.
    • Rio Rancho
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Corrales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Los Alamos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ojo de San Jose, with the one closest to Ojo de San Jose listed first.
    • Los Alamos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • White Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ojo de San Jose, with the one closest to Ojo de San Jose listed first.
    • La Cienega
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County

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

Newspapers Published in Ojo de San Jose ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ojo de San Jose.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ojo de San Jose, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ojo de San Jose.

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 Ojo de San Jose:

Cemeteries Near Ojo de San Jose ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ojo de San Jose.

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 Ojo de San Jose covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ojo de San Jose, with the one closest to Ojo de San Jose listed first.

  • Ponderosa Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ponderosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ponderosa Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38333 <4>
  • Canon Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jemez Springs Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • San Ysidro Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sile Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Sile Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Santa Barbara Cathholic Church de Sile Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sile Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38454 <4>
  • Pena Blanca Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Algodones Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • La Bajada Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the La Bajada Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Bajada Cemetery
  • Guaje Pines Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bernalillo Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bernalillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bernalillo Cemetery
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Perea Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Rosario Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosario Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosario Cemetery
    • Placitas Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tejon Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

The official website for Sandoval County: www.sandovalcounty.com/

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

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ojo de San Jose) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ojo de San Jose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6759, Longitude: -106.6450       In this case, the coordinates for Ojo de San Jose have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.




 

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