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 Beswick (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 Beswick. 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.
Beswick is located in Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).
Below are the counties that are near Beswick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beswick:
- Siskiyou County (The home county of Beswick)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beswick, with the one closest to Beswick listed first.
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Somerset
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Dorris
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Macdoel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ager
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Mount Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Hornbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Little Shasta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
- Montague
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cougar ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cougar is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cougar
- Big Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Big Springs is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
- Grenada
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beswick, with the one closest to Beswick listed first.
- Colestin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Shale City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shale City is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Ashland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Klamath County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beswick, with the one closest to Beswick listed first.
- Worden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Worden is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Keno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Midland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- White Lake City ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- White Lake City is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake City
- Klamath Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pelican City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pelican City is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican City
- Terminal City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Terminal City is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal City
- Altamont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Altamont is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beswick, see our County-by-County Page for Beswick.
Cemeteries Near Beswick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beswick.
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 Beswick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beswick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beswick, with the one closest to Beswick listed first.
- Way Cemetery
- The Way Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Way Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39545 <2>
- Picard Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Worden Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Keno Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Henley - Hornbrook Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Little Shasta Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Montague Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hill Dunn Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mt. Laki Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Klamath Memorial Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kanaka Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Beswick had a population of 66 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beswick, with the one closest to Beswick listed first.
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Ager
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Mount Hebron
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Keno
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hornbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Plevna ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Plevna is located in Klamath County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Henley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Henley is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Little Shasta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
- Steinman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Steinman is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Montague
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Barron ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Barron is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Colestin
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Gregory
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Jackson County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Yreka
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
- Yreka has also been known as:
- Yreka City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <1>
- Grenada
(27 miles [43.5 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 Beswick. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beswick.
Newspapers Published in Beswick ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beswick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beswick, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beswick.
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 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 Beswick:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Siskiyou County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jackson County
- Klamath 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> | 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 Beswick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beswick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |