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 Alejandrenas (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 Alejandrenas. 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.

Alejandrenas is located in Zapata County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Zapata County: Jim Hogg, Starr & Webb.

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

• Zapata County     (The home county of Alejandrenas)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Alejandrenas, with the one closest to Alejandrenas listed first.
  • Morales - Sanchez
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales - Sanchez
    • Morales - Sanchez is located in Zapata County
    • Morales - Sanchez has also been known as:
    • Morales - Sanchez Colonia
  • Lopeno
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopeno
    • Lopeno is located in Zapata County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lopeno <1>
  • Siesta Shores
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Shores
    • Siesta Shores is located in Zapata County
  • Falcon Lake Estates
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Lake Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake Estates
    • Falcon Lake Estates is located in Zapata County
  • New Falcon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Falcon
    • New Falcon is located in Zapata County
    • New Falcon has also been known as:
    • New Falcon Colonia
  • Falcon Mesa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Mesa
    • Falcon Mesa is located in Zapata County
  • Medina
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medina have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
    • Medina is located in Zapata County
  • Zapata
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zapata
    • Zapata is located in Zapata County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zapata <1>
  • San Ygnacio
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ygnacio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ygnacio
    • San Ygnacio is located in Zapata County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Ygnacio <1>
• Jim Hogg County
  • Guerra
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guerra
    • Guerra is located in Jim Hogg County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guerra <1>
• Starr County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Alejandrenas, with the one closest to Alejandrenas listed first.
  • Falcon Village
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
    • Falcon Village is located in Starr County
  • Falcon Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falcon Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Heights
    • Falcon Heights is located in Starr County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falcon Heights <1>
  • Salineno
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salineno
    • Salineno is located in Starr County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salineno <1>
  • Fronton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fronton
    • Fronton is located in Starr County
  • Roma Creek
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roma Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma Creek
    • Roma Creek is located in Starr County
  • North Escobares
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Escobares have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escobares
    • North Escobares is located in Starr County
  • Roma
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma
    • Roma is located in Starr County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,476 people
    • Roma has also been known as:
    • Roma - Los Saenz
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roma <1>
  • Escobares
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escobares
    • Escobares is located in Starr County
    • Estimated population in 2015: 2,451 people
  • Garceno
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garceno
    • Garceno is located in Starr County
  • Miguel Barrera
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miguel Barrera
    • Miguel Barrera is located in Starr County
    • Miguel Barrera has also been known as:
    • Miguel Barrera Colonia
  • La Rosita
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Rosita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosita
    • La Rosita is located in Starr County
  • Los Alvarez
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Alvarez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alvarez
    • Los Alvarez is located in Starr County

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

Newspapers Published in Alejandrenas ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alejandrenas.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alejandrenas, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alejandrenas.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Alejandrenas:

• Websites specific to Texas
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/

• Pages specific to Zapata County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Jim Hogg County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Starr County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Zapata County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Texas

Cemeteries Near Alejandrenas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alejandrenas.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Garcia Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garcia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garcia Cemetery
• Manuel Benavides Garcia Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Manuel Benavides Garcia Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the northwest of Zapata.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manuel Benavides Garcia Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3748 <4>
• Zapata Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zapata Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7806 <4>
• Agua Dulce Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Agua Dulce Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agua Dulce Cemetery
• Buena Vista Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buena Vista Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buena Vista Cemetery
• Una de Gato Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Una de Gato Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Una de Gato Cemetery
• Ranchito Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ranchito Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ranchito Cemetery
• Uribeno Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Uribeno Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7361 <4>
• Chapeno Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chapeno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chapeno Cemetery
• Camaron Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Camaron Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest of Zapata.
  • The Camaron Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Cameron Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Camaron Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2717 <4>
• Gracia Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gracia Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southwest of Zapata.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gracia Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518825 <4>
• Los Arrierous Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Los Arrierous Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Los Arrierous Cemetery
• Continue List   (7 more) ...
  • Elizondo Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elizondo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elizondo Cemetery
  • Garcia Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garcia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garcia Cemetery
  • Old Raotireno Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Raotireno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Raotireno Cemetery

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>

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

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

• Roma
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma
  • Roma is located in Starr County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,476 people
  • Roma has also been known as:
  • Roma - Los Saenz
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roma <1>
• San Ygnacio
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ygnacio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ygnacio
  • San Ygnacio is located in Zapata County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Ygnacio <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alejandrenas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/