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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 Boards Crossing (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 Boards Crossing. 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 Boards Crossing ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Boards Crossing: Boards Xing.
  • While the name of this community is Boards Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Boards Crossing may originally have been Board's Crossing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Boards Crossing might be written as Board Crossing.

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.

Boards Crossing is located in Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne County: Alpine, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono & Stanislaus.

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

  • Tuolumne County     (The home county of Boards Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boards Crossing, with the one closest to Boards Crossing listed first.
    • Bumblebee
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Bumblebee is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee
    • Cold Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Strawberry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Strawberry is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Long Barn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pinecrest
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedar Ridge
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Sierra Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Twain Harte
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Martinez
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Columbia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boards Crossing, with the one closest to Boards Crossing listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boards Crossing, with the one closest to Boards Crossing listed first.
    • Pioneer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pine Grove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Kit Carson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Kirkwood
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jackson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Martell
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boards Crossing, with the one closest to Boards Crossing listed first.
    • Big Trees Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
    • Camp Connell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Dorrington
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Big Trees
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Pinebrook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Arnold
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fly-In Acres
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Lakemont Pines
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Meadowmont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Big Meadow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Meadow is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Meadow
    • Avery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hathaway Pines
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Vista
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boards Crossing, with the one closest to Boards Crossing listed first.
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Play
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Boards Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boards Crossing.

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 Boards Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boards Crossing, with the one closest to Boards Crossing listed first.

  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Amador Memorial Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Public Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Shadow Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Cherokee Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherokee Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Tuolumne.
    • The Cherokee Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Arastraville Cemetery
    • Cherokee Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216200 <4>
  • Maidens Gravesite
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Jesus Maria Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
      • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <4>
    • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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.<5>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from Boards Crossing, with the one closest to Boards Crossing listed first.

  • Big Trees
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Avery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Murphys
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Douglas Flat
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • West Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Glencoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Rich Gulch
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
  • Soulsbyville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Angels Camp
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Sonora
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Tuolumne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Boards Crossing ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boards Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boards Crossing, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boards Crossing.

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 helpful 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 Boards Crossing:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Boards Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Boards Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.