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 Booth 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 Booth 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 Booth 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Booth Crossing: Booth Xing.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.
Booth Crossing is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Booth Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Booth Crossing:
- Lake County (The home county of Booth Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth Crossing, with the one closest to Booth Crossing listed first.
- Witter Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Witter Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter Springs
- Saratoga Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saratoga Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
- Upper Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Robinson Rancheria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Robinson Rancheria is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Rancheria
- Bartlett Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bartlett Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Springs
- Nice
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pole Garden ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pole Garden is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pole Garden
- North Lakeport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Lakeport is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeport
- Lucerne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Colusa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth Crossing, with the one closest to Booth Crossing listed first.
- Stonyford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lodoga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lodoga is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodoga
- Glenn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth Crossing, with the one closest to Booth Crossing listed first.
- Dogtown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Dogtown is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Lone Star ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Star is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Copper City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Copper City is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Elk Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mendocino County
- The following are listed by their distance from Booth Crossing, with the one closest to Booth Crossing listed first.
- Potter Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Redwood Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock Ranch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hemlock Ranch is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ranch
- Hemlock Ranch has also been known as:
- Hemlock
- Willits
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Calpella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Covelo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dos Rios
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- The Forks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- The Forks is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
- Soda Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Soda Springs is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Shake City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shake City is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake City
- Ukiah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ukiah is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukiah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,883 people
- Ukiah has also been known as:
- Ukiah City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ukiah <1>
- Talmage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Orrs Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orrs Springs is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Springs
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Booth Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Booth Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Booth Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Booth 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 Booth Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Booth Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Booth Crossing, with the one closest to Booth Crossing listed first.
- Hulls Grave
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Valley Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Lake Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willits Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Upper Lake Rancheria Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Upper Lake Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yuki Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stonyford Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nome Lackee Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Elk Creek Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elk Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Elk Creek.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168687 <2>
- Pinoleville Rancheria Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Robinson Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Watson Grave
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ukiah Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Booth Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Booth Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Booth Crossing, with the one closest to Booth Crossing listed first.
- Hearst
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hearst is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearst
- Potter Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pomo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Pomo is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomo
- Willits
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hemlock Ranch
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hemlock Ranch is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ranch
- Hemlock Ranch has also been known as:
- Hemlock
- Calpella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Covelo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stonyford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Elk Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ukiah
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ukiah is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukiah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,883 people
- Ukiah has also been known as:
- Ukiah City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ukiah <1>
- Bartlett Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bartlett Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Springs
- Talmage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Laytonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fruto
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fruto is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruto
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Booth Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Booth Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Booth 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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Booth Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Booth Crossing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Booth 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 websites either 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 Booth Crossing:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Colusa County
- Glenn County
- Mendocino 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Booth Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Booth Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |