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 San Antonio (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 San Antonio. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
San Antonio is located in San Miguel 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 Miguel County: Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Santa Fe & Torrance.
Below are the counties that are near San Antonio. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Antonio:
- San Miguel County (The home county of San Antonio)
- The following are listed by their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
- Montezuma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Las Vegas Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
- Las Vegas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Trout Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
- Romero
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Romero is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
- Los Alamos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
- Sapello
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tecolote
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
- Kroenigs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
- Pendaries Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
- Chapelle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chapelle is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelle
- Serafina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Guadalupe County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
- Upper Anton Chico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Anton Chico is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Anton Chico
- Anton Chico
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mora County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
- Loma Parda ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loma Parda is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Parda
- Golondrinas
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Golondrinas is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golondrinas
- Watrous
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Watrous is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrous
- South Carmen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- South Carmen is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
- La Cueva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- La Cueva is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
- Ledoux
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ledoux is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
- Abuelo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Abuelo is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
- Valmora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Valmora is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmora
- Mora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pacheco Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pacheco Village is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco Village
- Rainsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shoemaker
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shoemaker is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
- Cleveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Santa Fe County
- Glorieta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to San Antonio, see our County-by-County Page for San Antonio.
Cemeteries Near San Antonio ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Antonio.
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 San Antonio - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for San Antonio covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Montefiore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Masonic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nuestra Senora de Dolores Catholic Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Las Vegas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- International Fellowship of Odd Fellows Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montezuma Seminary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Church of Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Las Vegas.
- The St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- San Jose Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38413 <3>
- Continue List (67 more) ...
- Romero Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tecolote Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote Cemetery
- The Tecolote Cemetery has also been known as:
- La Manga Cemetery
- Santa Nino de Atocha Cemetery
- Santo Nino Church Cemetery
- Santo Nino de Atocha Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38166 <3>
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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 San Antonio in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of San Antonio.
These communities are listed based on their distance from San Antonio, with the one closest to San Antonio listed first.
- Las Vegas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Las Vegas ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
- Hot Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
- Romero
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Romero is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
- Los Alamos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
- Onava
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Onava is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onava
- Sapello
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Tecolote
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
- San Ignacio
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
- Kroenigs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
- Bernal
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bernal is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernal
- Blanchard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blanchard is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Loma Parda ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loma Parda is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Parda
- Rociada
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watrous
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Watrous is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrous
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around San Antonio. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Antonio.
Newspapers Published in San Antonio ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Antonio.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Antonio, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Antonio.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 San Antonio:
- Websites specific to New Mexico
- Pages specific to San Miguel County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Guadalupe County
- Mora County
- Santa Fe 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- San Antonio) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 San Antonio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |