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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 Tinen Place (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 Tinen Place. 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.

Name Variations for Tinen Place ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Tinen Place: Tinen Pl. (or less commonly used: Tinen Plc.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

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

  • Santa Fe County     (The home county of Tinen Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tinen Place, with the one closest to Tinen Place listed first.
    • Stanley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Galisteo
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • San Pedro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
    • Cedar Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Madrid
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Los Cerrillos
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos
    • Edgewood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lamy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Eldorado at Santa Fe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Eldorado at Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado at Santa Fe
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
    • La Cienega
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
    • Seton Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
  • Bernalillo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tinen Place, with the one closest to Tinen Place listed first.
    • Sandia Knolls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Sandia Knolls is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Knolls
    • Sandia Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Canoncito
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Canoncito is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
    • Cedar Crest
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Tijeras
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Ponderosa Pine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ponderosa Pine is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Pine
    • Monticello
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandia Heights
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Sandia Heights is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Heights
    • Carnuel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Carnuel is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnuel
    • Chilili
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Chilili is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilili
    • Canada Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Canada Village is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Village
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tinen Place, with the one closest to Tinen Place listed first.
    • Rowe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ilfeld
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pecos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
  • Sandoval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tinen Place, with the one closest to Tinen Place listed first.
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
    • Placitas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Domingo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • San Felipe Pueblo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • San Felipe Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Felipe Pueblo
    • Algodones
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pena Blanca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bernalillo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Torrance County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tinen Place, with the one closest to Tinen Place listed first.
    • Moriarty
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Clines Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • McIntosh
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Tinen Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tinen Place.

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 Tinen Place - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tinen Place, with the one closest to Tinen Place 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.<3>

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

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

  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ortiz is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
  • San Pedro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Los Cerrillos
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Lamy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rowe
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Glorieta
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pecos
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Santa Fe
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Tinen Place ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tinen Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tinen Place, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tinen Place.

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 Tinen Place:

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