Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Paraje. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Paraje to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Paraje, please Contact Us.
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 Paraje (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 Paraje. 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 doctors and 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Paraje is historic, it would have been located within present day Socorro 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 Socorro County: Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, Sierra, Torrance & Valencia.
Below are the counties that are near Paraje. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paraje:
- Socorro County (The home county of Paraje)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paraje, with the one closest to Paraje listed first.
- San Antonito
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonito
- San Antonito is located in Socorro County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonito <2>
- San Antonio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- San Antonio is located in Socorro County
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paraje, with the one closest to Paraje listed first.
- Rock Canyon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
- Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County
- Elephant Butte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elephant Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Butte
- Elephant Butte is located in Sierra County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elephant Butte <2>
- Cuchillo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
- Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paraje, see our County-by-County Page for Paraje.
Newspapers Published in Paraje ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paraje.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paraje, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paraje.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Paraje:
- 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 Socorro County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Sierra County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sierra County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of New Mexico
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of New Mexico
- Cemeteries of Socorro County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Mexico
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of New Mexico
Cemeteries Near Paraje ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paraje.
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 Paraje covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paraje, with the one closest to Paraje listed first.
- Ft. Craig Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Craig Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Craig Cemetery
- San Marcial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Marcial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Marcial Cemetery
- Monticello Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monticello Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monticello Cemetery
- Engle Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Engle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Engle Cemetery
- Elephant Butte Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elephant Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elephant Butte Cemetery
- Carthage Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carthage Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carthage Cemetery
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.
Paraje itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 72 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paraje, with the one closest to Paraje listed first.
- Lava
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - San Marcial ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Marcial have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marcial
- San Marcial is located in Socorro County
- Crocker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Monticello ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Monticello is located in Sierra County
- Engle ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - San Antonio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- San Antonio is located in Socorro County
- Cuchillo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
- Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paraje. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paraje.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Paraje, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Paraje) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paraje. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5565, Longitude: -107.0570 In this case, the coordinates for Paraje have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |