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 Berry Creek Rancheria (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 Berry Creek Rancheria. 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 doctors and 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.
Berry Creek Rancheria is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.
Below are the counties that are near Berry Creek Rancheria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Berry Creek Rancheria:
- Butte County (The home county of Berry Creek Rancheria)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Berry Creek Rancheria listed first.
- Brush Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Feather Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Berry Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bidwell Bar is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell Bar
- South Fork ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Fork is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Big Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bend is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Evansville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Forbestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bidwell ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bidwell is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Merrimac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Merrimac is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Robinson Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Berry Creek Rancheria listed first.
- North San Juan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Birchville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Birchville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
- Bridgeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- North Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Columbia is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
- Lake Wildwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
- Lake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Blue Tent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
- Nevada City Rancheria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Rough and Ready
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bitney Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Berry Creek Rancheria listed first.
- La Porte
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bucks Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
- Little Grass Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
- Storrie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tobin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tobin is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
- Meadow Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Belden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Spanish Ranch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Ranch is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Ranch
- Rich Bar ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rich Bar is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bar
- Quincy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Twain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Cruz County
- Live Oak
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Berry Creek Rancheria listed first.
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Brandy City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
- Queen City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Gibsonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
- Goodyears Bar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Downieville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Poker Flat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
- Alleghany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sutter County
- Live Oak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Berry Creek Rancheria listed first.
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Challenge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strawberry Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rackerby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Dobbins
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oregon House
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Camptonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loma Rica
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Berry Creek Rancheria, see our County-by-County Page for Berry Creek Rancheria.
Cemeteries Near Berry Creek Rancheria ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berry Creek Rancheria.
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 Berry Creek Rancheria - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Berry Creek Rancheria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Berry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Berry Creek Rancheria listed first.
- Indian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Madrone Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oregon City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cherokee Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherokee Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north of Oroville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1967787 <3>
- Brownsville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clarks Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Strawberry Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson Flat Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Upham Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- Butte County Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oroville Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oroville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8154 <3>
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 Berry Creek Rancheria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Berry Creek Rancheria.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Berry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Berry Creek Rancheria listed first.
- Brush Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Enterprise ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Enterprise is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Forbestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Big Bend is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Hurleton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hurleton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
- Merrimac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Merrimac is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Brownsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clipper Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yankee Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Hill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Hill
- Cherokee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cherokee is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee
- Strawberry Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Wyandotte
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Pentz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pentz is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pentz
- Oroville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Berry Creek Rancheria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berry Creek Rancheria.
Newspapers Published in Berry Creek Rancheria ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Berry Creek Rancheria.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Berry Creek Rancheria, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Berry Creek Rancheria.
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 Berry Creek Rancheria:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Butte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Nevada County
- Plumas County
- Santa Cruz County
- Sierra County
- Sutter County
- Yuba 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> | 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- Berry Creek Rancheria) 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 Berry Creek Rancheria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |