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 Ahwahnee Estates (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 Ahwahnee Estates. 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.
Name Variations for Ahwahnee Estates ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ahwahnee Estates: Ahwahnee Ests.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
Ahwahnee Estates is located in Madera County.
To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Madera County: Fresno, Mariposa, Merced & Mono.
Below are the counties that are near Ahwahnee Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ahwahnee Estates:
- Madera County (The home county of Ahwahnee Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ahwahnee Estates, with the one closest to Ahwahnee Estates listed first.
- Ahwahnee
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nipinnawasee ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nipinnawasee is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipinnawasee
- Oakhurst
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Yosemite Forks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
- Coarsegold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bass Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- The Pines is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
- Wishon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wishon is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
- Yosemite Lakes Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
- Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
- Yosemite Lakes
- North Fork
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knowles is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Raymond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Fresno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ahwahnee Estates, with the one closest to Ahwahnee Estates listed first.
- Auberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Lakes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
- Prather
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Huntington Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Big Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Creek is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Former names for Big Creek:
- Big Creek Flats
- Cascada
- Manzanita Park
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
- Dora Belle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
- Pineridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pineridge is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Shaver Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tollhouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeshore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sentinel ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sentinel is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Mariposa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ahwahnee Estates, with the one closest to Ahwahnee Estates listed first.
- Fish Camp
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wawona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bootjack
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
- Darrah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Darrah is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrah
- Jerseydale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
- Mariposa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Midpines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yosemite West
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Yosemite West is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite West
- Colorado ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Colorado is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado
- Mount Bullion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
- El Portal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Catheys Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nevada County
- Cedar Crest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ahwahnee Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Ahwahnee Estates.
Cemeteries Near Ahwahnee Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ahwahnee Estates.
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 Ahwahnee Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ahwahnee Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ahwahnee Estates, with the one closest to Ahwahnee Estates listed first.
- Oakhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Picayune Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Walker Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fine Gold Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Fork Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariposa Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mariposa Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mariposa.
- The Mariposa Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2205021 <2>
- Raymond Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- White Rock Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Catheys Valley Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Winchell Cove Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Auberry Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Winchell Cove Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchell Cove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Winchell Cove Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Friant.
- Pate Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
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 Ahwahnee Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ahwahnee Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ahwahnee Estates, with the one closest to Ahwahnee Estates listed first.
- Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
- Wawona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ben Hur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Knowles is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Raymond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Jerseydale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
- Mariposa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bullion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
- Auberry
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bear Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Tollhouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ahwahnee Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ahwahnee Estates.
Newspapers Published in Ahwahnee Estates ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ahwahnee Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ahwahnee Estates, 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 Ahwahnee Estates.
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 Ahwahnee Estates:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Madera County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fresno County
- Mariposa County
- Nevada County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ahwahnee Estates) 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 Ahwahnee Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |