Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Queen. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Queen to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Queen, please Contact Us.

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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 Queen (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 Queen. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Queen is historic, it would have been located within present day Eddy 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 Eddy County: Chaves, Lea, Otero, Culberson (TX), Loving (TX) & Reeves (TX).

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

• Eddy County     (The home county of Queen)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Queen, with the one closest to Queen listed first.
  • Whites City
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites City
    • Whites City is located in Eddy County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whites City <2>
  • Black River Village
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Village
    • Black River Village is located in Eddy County
• Culberson County (TX)
  • Pine Springs ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
    • Pine Springs is located in Culberson County (TX)

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

Cemeteries Near Queen ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Queen.

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

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

• Queen Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Queen Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Queen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Cienega Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cienega Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cienega Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Rocky Arroyo Cemetery
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rocky Arroyo Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rocky Arroyo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• South Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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 Queen:

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

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Culberson 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 Eddy County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Eddy County

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Eddy County: www.caverns.net/ecourt/

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