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 Cozzens Corner (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 Cozzens Corner. 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 Cozzens Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Cozzens Corner: Cozzens Cor. (or less commonly used: Cozzens Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Cozzens Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cozzens Corner may originally have been Cozzen's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cozzens Corner might be written as Cozzen Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Cozzens Corner 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 Cozzens Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cozzens Corner:
- Sonoma County (The home county of Cozzens Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozzens Corner, with the one closest to Cozzens Corner listed first.
- Geyserville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Healdsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mercuryville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
- Camp Rose
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Camp Rose is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rose
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Rio Nido
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Guerneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cazadero
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kellogg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Forestville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozzens Corner, with the one closest to Cozzens Corner listed first.
- Glenbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenbrook is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Pine Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Cobb
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glenview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenview is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
- Salminas Resort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Salminas Resort is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salminas Resort
- Middletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Seigler Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Seigler Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigler Springs
- Kelseyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Finley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hidden Valley Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
- Soda Bay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mendocino County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozzens Corner, with the one closest to Cozzens Corner listed first.
- Hermitage ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Yorkville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hopland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Largo ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Largo is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
- Boonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Napa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cozzens Corner, with the one closest to Cozzens Corner listed first.
- Woodleaf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Woodleaf is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
- Calistoga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Angwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pope Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Deer Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Helena
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cozzens Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Cozzens Corner.
Cemeteries Near Cozzens Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cozzens Corner.
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 Cozzens Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cozzens Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cozzens Corner, with the one closest to Cozzens Corner listed first.
- Olive Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Long Ranch Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beeson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oak Mound Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cloverdale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cloverdale Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Cloverdale.
- The Cloverdale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Haywards Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #991087 <3>
- Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Redwood Memorial Gardens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- McPeak Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Santa Rosa Memorial Park - Shiloh Road Addition
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glenbrook Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (59 more) ...
- Forestview Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Faught Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 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.<5>
While we didn't find Cozzens Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cozzens Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cozzens Corner, with the one closest to Cozzens Corner listed first.
- Geyserville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Asti
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Asti is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asti
- Cloverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Preston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Preston is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Windsor
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cazadero
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Guerneville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Glenbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glenbrook is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Forestville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Trenton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Trenton is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Kellogg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Pieta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pieta is located in Mendocino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieta
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Highland Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Highland Springs is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Duncans Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fulton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cozzens Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cozzens Corner.
Newspapers Published in Cozzens Corner ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cozzens Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cozzens Corner, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cozzens Corner.
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 Cozzens Corner:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Sonoma County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lake County
- Mendocino County
- Napa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cozzens Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Cozzens Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |