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 Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo (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 Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo. 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 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.
Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo is located in Monterey 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 Monterey County: Fresno, Kings, San Benito, San Luis Obispo & Santa Cruz.
Below are the counties that are near Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo:
- Monterey County (The home county of Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, with the one closest to Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo listed first.
- Elkhorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhorn is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Prunedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Las Lomas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Las Lomas is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Lomas
- Castroville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Rita
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Santa Rita is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
- Moss Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vega ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vega is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
- Aromas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pajaro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pajaro is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajaro
- Boronda
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boronda is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boronda
- Salinas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Marina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Prattco ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prattco is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattco
- San Benito County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, with the one closest to Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo listed first.
- San Juan Bautista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- River Oaks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- River Oaks is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Oaks
- Hollister
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ridgemark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgemark is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgemark
- Dunneville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dunneville is located in San Benito County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunneville
- Tres Pinos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Paicines
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Santa Clara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, with the one closest to Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo listed first.
- Sargent ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
- Gilroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rucker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rucker is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker
- Sveadal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sveadal is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sveadal
- San Martin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Morgan Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Madrone
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Madrone is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
- Coyote
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Almaden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bell Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bell Station is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Station
- Bell Station has also been known as:
- Bell's Station
- English Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- English Town is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Town
- Patchen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Patchen is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchen
- Chemeketa Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chemeketa Park is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chemeketa Park
- Santa Cruz County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, with the one closest to Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo listed first.
- Colache Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colache Town is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colache Town
- Watsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Interlaken
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Interlaken is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Freedom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Strongs Mobile Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Amesti
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amesti is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesti
- Aptos Hills - Larkin Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- La Selva Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corralitos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rio del Mar
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Day Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Day Valley is located in Santa Cruz County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Valley
- Aptos
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Capitola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, see our County-by-County Page for Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo.
Cemeteries Near Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo.
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 Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, with the one closest to Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo listed first.
- Hambey Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Queen of Heaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Castroville Public Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castroville Public Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Castroville Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Moss Landing.
- The Castroville Public Cemetery has also been known as:
- Castroville Cemetery
- Castroville / Moss Landing Cemetery
- Moss Landing Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7885 <2>
- Chinese Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinese Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is located in Salinas.
- Monterey County Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- San Juan Bautista Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- IOOF Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Watsonville Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Yamat Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Pajaro Valley Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mission Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- IOOF Cemetery
- Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #670325 <2>
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 Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, with the one closest to Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo listed first.
- Elkhorn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elkhorn is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhorn
- Castroville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Rita
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Santa Rita is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
- Vega ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vega is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
- Natividad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Natividad is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natividad
- Pajaro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pajaro is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajaro
- Salinas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Watsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Blanco is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Sargent ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
- Spence
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Spence is located in Monterey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spence
- Corralitos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Carnadero
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Carnadero is located in Santa Clara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnadero
- Seaside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo.
Newspapers Published in Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo.
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 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 Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Monterey County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- San Benito County
- Santa Clara County
- Santa Cruz 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 Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bolsa Nueva Y Moro Cojo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |