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 Camp Pardee (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 Camp Pardee. 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 Camp Pardee ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Camp Pardee: Cp. Pardee
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Camp Pardee is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.
Below are the counties that are near Camp Pardee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camp Pardee:
- Calaveras County (The home county of Camp Pardee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Pardee, with the one closest to Camp Pardee listed first.
- Campo Seco
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Valley Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Burson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
- Big Bar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Mokelumne Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rancho Calaveras
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- Wallace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- San Andreas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jenny Lind
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Lost City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lost City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Pardee, with the one closest to Camp Pardee listed first.
- Camanche Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Martell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ione
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Sutter Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Amador City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Electra ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Electra is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Drytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- May ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Pine Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Pardee, with the one closest to Camp Pardee listed first.
- Mount Aukum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fair Play
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Somerset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- El Dorado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
- Shingle Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tiger Lily
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
- Cameron Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Diamond Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- Crescent Ridge Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Pardee, with the one closest to Camp Pardee listed first.
- Rancho Murieta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Herald
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Galt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Galt is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
- Sloughhouse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Arno ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arno is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- McConnel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McConnel is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
- Elk Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Pardee, with the one closest to Camp Pardee listed first.
- Clements
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bellota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Lockeford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Linden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Victor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Holden ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Holden is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Walthal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
- Acampo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
- North Woodbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
- Tuolumne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Pardee, with the one closest to Camp Pardee listed first.
- Tuttletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
- Columbia Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
- Columbia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Martinez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Rawhide
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Squabbletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
- Jamestown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camp Pardee, see our County-by-County Page for Camp Pardee.
Cemeteries Near Camp Pardee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camp Pardee.
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 Camp Pardee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Camp Pardee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camp Pardee, with the one closest to Camp Pardee listed first.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jackson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Peoples Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- City Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
- IOOF Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
- New Protestant Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jesus Maria Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (58 more) ...
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clements Glen View Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Dean Family Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dean Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Milton.
- The Dean Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wilson Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503319 <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.<4>
While we didn't find Camp Pardee in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camp Pardee.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Camp Pardee, with the one closest to Camp Pardee listed first.
- Campo Seco
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lancha Plana ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lancha Plana is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancha Plana
- Valley Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Camanche ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Camanche is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche
- Former names for Camanche:
- Clay's Bar
- Limerrick
- Burson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mokelumne Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ione
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- San Andreas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jenny Lind
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Sutter Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Amador City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rich Gulch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
- Clements
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camp Pardee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camp Pardee.
Newspapers Published in Camp Pardee ...
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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camp Pardee.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camp Pardee, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camp Pardee.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Camp Pardee:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Calaveras County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- El Dorado County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- Tuolumne 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Pardee) 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 Camp Pardee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |