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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 Canada De Pogolimi (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 Canada De Pogolimi. 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 and doctors 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.

Canada De Pogolimi is located in Sonoma 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 Sonoma County: Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa & Solano.

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

  • Sonoma County     (The home county of Canada De Pogolimi)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canada De Pogolimi, with the one closest to Canada De Pogolimi listed first.
    • Bloomfield
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Valley Ford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Freestone
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sebastopol
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bodega
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Occidental
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Graton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Camp Meeker
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Stony Point
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Cotati
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Rohnert Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bodega Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Marin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canada De Pogolimi, with the one closest to Canada De Pogolimi listed first.
    • Tomales
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dillon Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamlet
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Hamlet is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
    • Nicks Cove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Nicks Cove is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicks Cove
    • Marshall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Inverness
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Millerton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Millerton is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Point Reyes Station
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Olema
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Tocaloma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Tocaloma is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocaloma
    • Nicasio
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Novato
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Canada De Pogolimi, with the one closest to Canada De Pogolimi listed first.
    • Calistoga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodleaf
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
    • Saint Helena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Rutherford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Deer Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Merazo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Merazo is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
    • Yountville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Angwin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Union
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Union is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

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

Cemeteries Near Canada De Pogolimi ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Canada De Pogolimi.

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 Canada De Pogolimi - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bloomfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloomfield Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomfield.
  • Canfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hills Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bodega Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodega Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bodega Calvary Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Bodega.
  • Gilliam Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Tomales Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Druids Occidental Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Two Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (62 more) ...
    • Bodega Bay Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Forestview Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Steele Family Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Bloomfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Valley Ford
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Freestone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Tomales
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Occidental
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamlet
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hamlet is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
  • Stony Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Cotati
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Forestville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Trenton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Marshall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Penngrove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Santa Rosa
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ely ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Ely is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Fulton
      (12 miles [19.3 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 Canada De Pogolimi. See our List of 1890's Communities around Canada De Pogolimi.

Newspapers Published in Canada De Pogolimi ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Canada De Pogolimi.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Canada De Pogolimi, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Canada De Pogolimi.

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 Canada De Pogolimi:

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>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 Canada De Pogolimi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Canada De Pogolimi) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.