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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 Dry Creek 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 Dry Creek 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.

Name Variations for Dry Creek Rancheria ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Dry Creek Rancheria: Dry Crk. Rancheria (or less commonly used: Dry Ck. Rancheria or Dry Cr. Rancheria)

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.

Dry Creek Rancheria is located in Sonoma County.

To see how the shape of California's counties 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 Dry Creek Rancheria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dry Creek Rancheria:

  • Sonoma County     (The home county of Dry Creek Rancheria)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Dry Creek Rancheria listed first.
    • Geyserville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mercuryville ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mercuryville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
      • Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
    • Healdsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Camp Rose
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rose
      • Camp Rose is located in Sonoma County
    • Windsor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Kellogg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
      • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
    • Cloverdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Preston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Sonoma County
    • Mark West Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark West Springs
      • Mark West Springs is located in Sonoma County
    • Trenton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
      • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
    • Rio Nido
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Forestville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Dry Creek Rancheria listed first.
    • Cobb
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenbrook
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
      • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
    • Pine Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Lake County
    • Middletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Salminas Resort
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salminas Resort
      • Salminas Resort is located in Lake County
    • Glenview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
      • Glenview is located in Lake County
    • Seigler Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigler Springs
      • Seigler Springs is located in Lake County
    • Hidden Valley Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Valley Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
      • Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
    • Kelseyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Lower Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Finley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Soda Bay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Mendocino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Dry Creek Rancheria listed first.
    • Hermitage ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hermitage. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
      • Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
    • Hopland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Yorkville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Largo ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Largo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
      • Largo is located in Mendocino County
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dry Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Dry Creek Rancheria listed first.
    • Woodleaf
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodleaf have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
    • Calistoga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Angwin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Pope Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Deer Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Helena
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rutherford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Dry Creek 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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dry Creek Rancheria.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dry Creek Rancheria, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dry Creek Rancheria.

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 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 Dry Creek Rancheria:

Cemeteries Near Dry Creek Rancheria ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dry Creek 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Beeson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Long Ranch Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Long Ranch Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Ranch Family Cemetery
  • Hall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hall Cemetery
  • Olive Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery
  • Oak Mound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Cloverdale Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Cloverdale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #991087 <5>
  • Santa Rosa Memorial Park - Shiloh Road Addition
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Glenbrook Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McPeak Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McPeak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McPeak Cemetery
  • Faught Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Faught Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Faught Cemetery
  • Continue List   (61 more) ...
    • St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the northwest of Kelseyville.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2677191 <5>
    • Middletown Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Redwood Memorial Gardens
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redwood Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redwood Memorial Gardens

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.<6>

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

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

  • Geyserville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Asti
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Asti have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asti
    • Asti is located in Sonoma County
  • Windsor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kellogg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
  • Glenbrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
  • Cloverdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Preston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Preston is located in Sonoma County
  • Middletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Trenton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
  • Guerneville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Forestville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fulton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cazadero
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
      • Highland Springs is located in Lake County
    • Calistoga
      (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 Dry Creek Rancheria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dry Creek Rancheria.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dry Creek Rancheria. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sonoma County: www.sonoma-county.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dry Creek Rancheria) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dry Creek Rancheria. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.7025, Longitude: -122.8565       In this case, the coordinates for Dry Creek Rancheria have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Dry Creek Rancheria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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