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 Minera (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 Minera. 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.
Minera is located in Webb 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 Webb County: Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Maverick & Zapata.
Below are the counties that are near Minera. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Minera:
- Webb County (The home county of Minera)
- The following are listed by their distance from Minera, with the one closest to Minera listed first.
- Santo Tomas ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santo Tomas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Tomas
- Santo Tomas is located in Webb County
- Islitas ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Ranchos Penitas West
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranchos Penitas West have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchos Penitas West
- Ranchos Penitas West is located in Webb County
- Ranchos Penitas West has also been known as:
- Ranchos Penitas West Colonia
- Botines
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Laredo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Laredo is located in Webb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,640 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laredo <2>
- Larga Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Larga Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larga Vista
- Larga Vista is located in Webb County
- Larga Vista has also been known as:
- Larga Vista Colonia
- Laredo Ranchettes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laredo Ranchettes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo Ranchettes
- Laredo Ranchettes is located in Webb County
- La Presa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Rio Bravo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Bravo
- Rio Bravo is located in Webb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,608 people
- Rio Bravo has also been known as:
- Rio Bravo Colonia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Minera, see our County-by-County Page for Minera.
Newspapers Published in Minera ...
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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Minera.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Minera, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Minera.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Minera:
- 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 Webb 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 Webb County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Texas
- Cemeteries of Webb County
Cemeteries Near Minera ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Minera.
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 Minera covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Minera, with the one closest to Minera listed first.
- Darwin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Darwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darwin Cemetery
- Dolores Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- The Dolores Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dolores Ranch Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dolores Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3263 <4>
- Tordillo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tordillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tordillo Cemetery
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
- The Calvary Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966533 <4>
- City Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Laredo.
- The City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Laredo City Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1186555 <4>
- Cactus Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cactus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cactus 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 Minera in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Minera.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Minera, with the one closest to Minera listed first.
- Laredo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laredo
- Laredo is located in Webb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263,640 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laredo <2>
- Webb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Cactus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Minera. See our List of 1890's Communities around Minera.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Minera. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Webb County: www.webbcounty.com/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Minera) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Minera. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.7222, Longitude: -99.7581 In this case, the coordinates for Minera have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Minera, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |