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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 Ignacio (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 Ignacio. 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 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.

San Ignacio 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 Ignacio. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Ignacio:

  • San Miguel County     (The home county of San Ignacio)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Ignacio, with the one closest to San Ignacio listed first.
    • Pendaries Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
    • Sapello
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Rociada
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Trout Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
    • Hot Springs
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Montezuma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Los Alamos
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
    • Las Vegas Town
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
    • Las Vegas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Kroenigs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
    • Romero
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Romero is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
    • Cowles
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
  • Mora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Ignacio, with the one closest to San Ignacio listed first.
    • South Carmen
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
    • Ledoux
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
    • Abuelo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
    • Golondrinas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Golondrinas is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golondrinas
    • Pacheco Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Pacheco Village is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco Village
    • La Cueva
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • La Cueva is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
    • Mora
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cleveland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Loma Parda ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Loma Parda is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Parda
    • Rainsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Holman
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Watrous
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Watrous is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrous
    • Ojo Feliz
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Ignacio, with the one closest to San Ignacio listed first.
    • Glorieta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
  • Taos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Ignacio, with the one closest to San Ignacio listed first.
    • Angostura
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Angostura is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angostura
    • Tres Ritos
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Tres Ritos is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Ritos

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

Cemeteries Near San Ignacio ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Ignacio.

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 Ignacio - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for San Ignacio covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that San Ignacio had a population of 45 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from San Ignacio, with the one closest to San Ignacio listed first.

  • Sapello
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Rociada
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hot Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Los Alamos
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • La Cueva
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • La Cueva is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
  • Las Vegas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • East Las Vegas ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • East Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
  • Mora
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Onava
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Onava is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onava
  • Loma Parda ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Loma Parda is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Parda
  • Romero
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Romero is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
  • Kroenigs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Lucero
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Lucero is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero
    • Watrous
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Watrous is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrous
    • Tiptonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tiptonville is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiptonville

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

Newspapers Published in San Ignacio ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Ignacio.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Ignacio, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Ignacio.

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 websites either 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 Ignacio:

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 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.
<3>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Sapello and South Carmen. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<4>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- San Ignacio) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Ignacio, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.