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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 Campana (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 Campana. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Campana is located in El Dorado 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 El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).

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

  • El Dorado County     (The home county of Campana)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campana, with the one closest to Campana listed first.
    • Fresh Pond
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
    • Pacific
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Pacific is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
    • Riverton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Riverton is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
    • Pollock Pines
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • White Hall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • White Hall is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Quintette
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Quintette is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
    • Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
    • Camino
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kyburz
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Motor City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Motor City is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motor City
    • Newtown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Newtown is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Pleasant Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campana, with the one closest to Campana listed first.
    • Kit Carson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • River Pines
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kirkwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Fiddletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Volcano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campana, with the one closest to Campana listed first.
    • Chicago Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingvale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Kingvale is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
    • You Bet ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • You Bet is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
    • Lake of the Pines
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
  • Placer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Campana, with the one closest to Campana listed first.
    • Greekstore
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Greekstore is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greekstore
    • Last Chance ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Last Chance is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
    • Michigan Bluff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
    • Foresthill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Yankee Jims
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
    • Homewood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Tahoma Meadows
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Tahoma Meadows is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoma Meadows
    • Iowa Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Tahoe Pines
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Tahoe Pines is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Pines
    • Casa Loma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Casa Loma is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
    • Secret Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Secret Town is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
    • Applegate
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Shasta County
    • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley

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

Cemeteries Near Campana ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Campana.

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 Campana - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pioneer Grave
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneer Graves Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Josephine Mine Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Smith Flat Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Deadwood Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bennett Memorial Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Placerville Union Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville Union Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Placerville Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Placerville.
    • The Placerville Union Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Union Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1812538 <2>
  • Oak Hill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Foresthill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Foresthill Community Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Middletown Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Westwood Hills Memorial Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<4>

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

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

  • Pacific
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Pacific is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
  • Bryants
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Bryants is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants
  • Pleasant Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Grizzly Flatx
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Michigan Bluff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
  • Kelsey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
  • Georgetown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Garden Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Placerville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Coloma
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Yankee Jims
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
  • Lotus
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Fair Play
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Omo Ranch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
    • Westville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Westville is located in Placer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville

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

Newspapers Published in Campana ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Campana.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Campana, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Campana.

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 Campana:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Campana) 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 Campana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.