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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 Auburn Lake Trails (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 Auburn Lake Trails. 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 Auburn Lake Trails ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Auburn Lake Trails: Auburn Lk. Trails

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 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.

Auburn Lake Trails is located in El Dorado 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 El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).

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

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Auburn Lake Trails)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Lake Trails, with the one closest to Auburn Lake Trails listed first.
    • Greenwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cool
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fornis
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
    • Georgetown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Garden Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pilot Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lotus
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coloma
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Kelsey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Gold Hill
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Jayhawk
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jayhawk is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk
    • Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Lake Trails, with the one closest to Auburn Lake Trails listed first.
    • River Pines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fiddletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Plymouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Lake Trails, with the one closest to Auburn Lake Trails listed first.
    • Lake of the Pines
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
    • Chicago Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Alta Sierra
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
    • Cedar Ridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Kres
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Kres is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
    • Union Hill
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Union Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • Grass Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Glenbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • The Oaks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
    • Spring Hill
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Bitney Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Lake Trails, with the one closest to Auburn Lake Trails listed first.
    • Clipper Gap
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
    • Bowman
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Applegate
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Vista
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Auburn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • North Auburn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • North Auburn is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
    • Weimar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Yankee Jims
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
    • Ophir
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Ophir is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
    • Foresthill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Newcastle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Colfax
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sacramento County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Lake Trails, with the one closest to Auburn Lake Trails listed first.
    • Mormon Island ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
    • Represa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Represa is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
    • Folsom
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
      • Folsom has also been known as:
      • Folsom City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
    • Folsom Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
    • Natoma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Natoma is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Orangevale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Prairie City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
    • Citrus Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fair Oaks
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold River
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sabre City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sabre City is located in Sacramento County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabre City
    • Antelope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Sutter County
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Auburn Lake Trails, with the one closest to Auburn Lake Trails listed first.
    • Wheatland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Smartville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo

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

Cemeteries Near Auburn Lake Trails ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Auburn Lake Trails.

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 Auburn Lake Trails - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

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

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

  • Cool
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Clipper Gap
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Clipper Gap is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper Gap
  • Pilot Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Garden Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Auburn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Lotus
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Coloma
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Weimar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Yankee Jims
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
  • Ophir
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Ophir is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
  • Newcastle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Kelsey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
    • Colfax
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Penryn
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Auburn Lake Trails ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Auburn Lake Trails.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Auburn Lake Trails, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Auburn Lake Trails.

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 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 Auburn Lake Trails:

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>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 Auburn Lake Trails, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Auburn Lake Trails) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.