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 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 may 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)
- Morales - Sanchez is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morales - Sanchez
- Morales - Sanchez has also been known as:
- Morales - Sanchez Colonia
- Lopeno
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Siesta Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Siesta Shores is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siesta Shores
- Falcon Lake Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon Lake Estates is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Lake Estates
- New Falcon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Falcon is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Falcon
- New Falcon has also been known as:
- New Falcon Colonia
- Falcon Mesa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Falcon Mesa is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Mesa
- Medina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Medina is located in Zapata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Zapata
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Ygnacio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jim Hogg County
- Guerra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- 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)
- Falcon Village is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falcon Village
- Falcon Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Salineno
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fronton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fronton is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fronton
- Roma Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Roma Creek is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma Creek
- North Escobares
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Escobares is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Escobares
- Roma
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Roma is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma
- 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)
- Escobares is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escobares
- Estimated population in 2015: 2,451 people
- Garceno
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Garceno is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garceno
- Miguel Barrera
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Miguel Barrera is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miguel Barrera
- Miguel Barrera has also been known as:
- Miguel Barrera Colonia
- La Rosita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Rosita is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Rosita
- Los Alvarez
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Los Alvarez is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alvarez
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alejandrenas, see our County-by-County Page for Alejandrenas.
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.
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 Alejandrenas - one of the links might be able to help.
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)
- Manuel Benavides Garcia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Zapata Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Agua Dulce Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Una de Gato Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ranchito Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Uribeno Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chapeno Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Camaron Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camaron Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Camaron Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast of Zapata.
- The Camaron Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cameron Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2717 <3>
- Gracia Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracia Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gracia Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast of Zapata.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2518825 <3>
- Los Arrierous Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Elizondo Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garcia Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Raotireno Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
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 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)
- Roma is located in Starr County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roma
- 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)
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.
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]<2>. 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 begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Alejandrenas:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Zapata County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jim Hogg County
- Starr County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Alejandrenas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Alejandrenas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |