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 Casa Conejo (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 Casa Conejo. 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 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 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.
Casa Conejo is located in Ventura 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 Ventura County: Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara.
Below are the counties that are near Casa Conejo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Casa Conejo:
- Ventura County (The home county of Casa Conejo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Casa Conejo, with the one closest to Casa Conejo listed first.
- Newbury Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Leisure Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leisure Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Greenwich Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenwich Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village
- Lagol
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lagol is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagol
- Mountclef Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountclef Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountclef Village
- Camarillo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Thousand Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Somis
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Moorpark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Springville is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Oak Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Simi Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Los Angeles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Casa Conejo, with the one closest to Casa Conejo listed first.
- Westlake Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Agoura Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Agoura
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Malibu
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bell Canyon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Point Dume
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Point Dume is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Dume
- Calabasas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hidden Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Chatsworth Lake Manor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Chatsworth Lake Manor is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth Lake Manor
- West Hills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Hills is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
- Malibu Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Malibu Beach is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu Beach
- Canoga Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Canoga Park is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga Park
- Glenview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Glenview is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Casa Conejo, see our County-by-County Page for Casa Conejo.
Cemeteries Near Casa Conejo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Casa Conejo.
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 Casa Conejo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Casa Conejo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Casa Conejo, with the one closest to Casa Conejo listed first.
- Conejo Mtn. Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Olson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Assumption Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hueneme Masonic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hueneme Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hueneme Masonic Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Port Hueneme.
- The Hueneme Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8145 <2>
- Japanese Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bardsdale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bardsdale Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Bardsdale.
- Santa Paula Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Santa Clara Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Simi Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piru Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Oakwood Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Will Geer Estate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will Geer Estate
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Will Geer Estate is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Topanga.
- The Will Geer Estate has also been known as:
- Will Geer Shakespeare Garden
- Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640478 <2>
- Memorial 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 Casa Conejo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Casa Conejo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Casa Conejo, with the one closest to Casa Conejo listed first.
- Newbury Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Springville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Springville is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Simi Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Santa Paula
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bardsdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bardsdale is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
- Saticoy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saticoy is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saticoy
- Sespe Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sespe Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village
- Fillmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Montalvo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Montalvo is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montalvo
- Buckhorn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Piru
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ventura
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ventura is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventura
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107,110 people
- Ventura has also been known as:
- San Buenaventura
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ventura <1>
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Las Flores
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Las Flores is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
- Chatsworth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chatsworth is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Matilija
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Matilija is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilija
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Casa Conejo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Casa Conejo.
Newspapers Published in Casa Conejo ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Casa Conejo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Casa Conejo, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Casa Conejo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Casa Conejo:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Ventura County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 '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- Casa Conejo) 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 Casa Conejo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |