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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 Cold Springs Rancheria (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 Cold Springs Rancheria. 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.

Cold Springs Rancheria is located in Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of Cold Springs Rancheria)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs Rancheria, with the one closest to Cold Springs Rancheria listed first.
    • Tollhouse
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pineridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Pineridge is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
    • Bretz Mill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bretz Mill is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Mill
    • Dora Belle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
    • Shaver Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Meadow Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
    • Sentinel ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
    • Piedra
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Auberry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Prather
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gravesboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Gravesboro is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesboro
    • Big Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Former names for Big Creek:
      • Big Creek Flats
      • Cascada
      • Manzanita Park
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
  • Madera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs Rancheria, with the one closest to Cold Springs Rancheria listed first.
    • Millerton ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Millerton is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • North Fork
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • O'Neals
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Wishon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Wishon is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
    • Bass Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • The Pines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
    • Coarsegold
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Yosemite Lakes Park
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
      • Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
      • Yosemite Lakes
    • Oakhurst
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonadelle Ranchos - Madera Ranchos
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
  • Tulare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cold Springs Rancheria, with the one closest to Cold Springs Rancheria listed first.
    • Grant Grove Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Grant Grove Village is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Grove Village
    • Dinuba
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • East Orosi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • East Orosi is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orosi
    • Orosi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Sultana
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Badger
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hartland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hartland is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
    • Cutler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Cold Springs Rancheria ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cold Springs Rancheria.

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 Cold Springs Rancheria - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Watts Valley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tollhouse Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hughes Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Academy Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Auberry Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hazelton Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Redbank Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Acres Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Squaw Valley Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Winchell Cove Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchell Cove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winchell Cove Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Friant.
  • Winchell Cove Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Tollhouse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sentinel ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
  • Letcher ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Letcher is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
  • Auberry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Yokuts
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Dunlap
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Sanger
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Reedley
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Fresno
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lone Star
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Tokay
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Tokay is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay
  • Orosi
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Auckland
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Auckland is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auckland

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

Newspapers Published in Cold Springs Rancheria ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cold Springs Rancheria.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cold Springs Rancheria, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cold Springs Rancheria.

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 Cold Springs Rancheria:

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>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 Cold Springs Rancheria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Cold Springs Rancheria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.