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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 Upper Pueblo (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 Upper Pueblo. 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 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.

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

  • San Miguel County     (The home county of Upper Pueblo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pueblo, with the one closest to Upper Pueblo listed first.
    • Coruco
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Coruco is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coruco
    • San Miguel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
    • Ribera
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • El Ancon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • El Ancon is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Ancon
    • Villanueva
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Serafina
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • El Cerrito
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • El Cerrito is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Cerrito
    • Chapelle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Chapelle is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelle
    • Ilfeld
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Tecolote
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
    • Apache Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Apache Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Springs
    • Rowe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pueblo, with the one closest to Upper Pueblo listed first.
    • Dahlia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dahlia is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
    • Upper Anton Chico
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Upper Anton Chico is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Anton Chico
    • Anton Chico
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Dilia
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dilia is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilia
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Pueblo, with the one closest to Upper Pueblo listed first.
    • Glorieta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamy
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Galisteo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
  • Torrance County

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

Cemeteries Near Upper Pueblo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Pueblo.

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 Upper Pueblo - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pueblo Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • San Isidro De Labador Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • El Cerrito Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lagunita Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • San Juan Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • San Pablo Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Rencona Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Tecolote Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <2>
  • Santo Nino de Atocha Church Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Santo Nino Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Romero Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • San Geronimo Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rowe Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Rowe.
      • The Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Holy Family Catholic Cemetery
      • Sagrada Familia Churchyard Cemetery
      • St. Josephs Chapel Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353488 <2>

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 Upper Pueblo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Pueblo.

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

  • San Miguel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
  • Blanchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blanchard is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
  • Sands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sands is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
  • Villanueva
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bernal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bernal is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernal
  • Tecolote
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
  • Rowe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Romero
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Romero is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
  • Las Vegas
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pecos
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • East Las Vegas ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • East Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
  • Hot Springs
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Glorieta
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lamy
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Upper Pueblo ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Pueblo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Pueblo, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper Pueblo.

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 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 Upper Pueblo:

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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Upper Pueblo) 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 Upper Pueblo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.