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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 Tesuque (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 Tesuque. 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.

Tesuque is located in Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe County: Bernalillo, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval & Torrance.

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

  • Santa Fe County     (The home county of Tesuque)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tesuque, with the one closest to Tesuque listed first.
    • Chupadero
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Chupadero is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadero
    • Rio en Medio
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Rio en Medio is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio en Medio
    • Santa Fe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cuyamungue
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Cuyamungue is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamungue
    • Agua Fria
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
    • Pojoaque
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jaconita
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jaconita is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaconita
    • Seton Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
    • El Rancho
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • El Rancho is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rancho
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
    • Cundiyo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Los Alamos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tesuque, with the one closest to Tesuque listed first.
    • White Rock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Los Alamos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tesuque, with the one closest to Tesuque listed first.
    • Chimayo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cordova
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Espanola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Truchas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Ohkay Owingeh
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • San Juan
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • San Juan is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
    • Santa Clara Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Santa Clara Pueblo is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara Pueblo
    • Alcalde
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Chamita
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
    • El Duende
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • El Duende is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Duende
    • Hernandez
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • La Villita
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • La Villita is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Villita
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tesuque, with the one closest to Tesuque listed first.
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
    • Cowles
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
    • Pecos
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <1>
    • Rowe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Pendaries Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
    • Rociada
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Sandoval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tesuque, with the one closest to Tesuque listed first.
    • Cochiti Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pena Blanca
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Domingo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
    • Sile
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Taos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tesuque, with the one closest to Tesuque listed first.
    • Trampas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Vallecito
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Chamisal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Llano
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Tesuque ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tesuque.

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

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tesuque, with the one closest to Tesuque 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.<4>

While we didn't find Tesuque in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tesuque.

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

  • Santa Fe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pojoaque
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jacona
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
  • Glorieta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Santa Cruz
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Espanola
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lamy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pecos
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <1>
  • Alcalde
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rowe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Chamita
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
    • Waldo ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Los Cerrillos
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos
    • Velarde
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Rociada
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Tesuque ...

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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tesuque.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tesuque, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tesuque.

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 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 Tesuque:

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>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- Tesuque) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Tesuque, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.