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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 Goulding (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 Goulding. 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.

Goulding is located in San Juan County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Juan County: Apache (AZ), Coconino (AZ), Navajo (AZ), Dolores (CO), Montezuma (CO), Montrose (CO), San Miguel (CO), San Juan (NM), Emery, Garfield, Grand, Kane & Wayne.

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

  • San Juan County     (The home county of Goulding)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goulding, with the one closest to Goulding listed first.
    • Oljato
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oljato
      • Oljato is located in San Juan County
      • Oljato has also been known as:
      • Moonlight
      • Oljato Trading Post
      • Olje
      • Oljeto Trading Post
      • Oljeto
      • Oljetoh Trading Post
    • Halchita
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halchita
      • Halchita is located in San Juan County
    • Piute Farms ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Piute Farms. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute Farms
      • Piute Farms is located in San Juan County
    • Mexican Hat
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Zahn's Camp ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Zahn's Camp. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Camp
      • Zahn's Camp is located in San Juan County
  • Apache County (AZ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goulding, with the one closest to Goulding listed first.
    • Dennehotso
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Tes Nez Iah
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tes Nez Iah
      • Tes Nez Iah is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Navajo County (AZ)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Goulding, with the one closest to Goulding listed first.
    • Oljato - Monument Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Kayenta
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Baby Rocks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Rocks
      • Baby Rocks is located in Navajo County (AZ)
    • Tsegi
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tsegi
      • Tsegi is located in Navajo County (AZ)

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

Cemeteries Near Goulding ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Goulding.

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).

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

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 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 Goulding:

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

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.




 

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