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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 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.

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 and hospitals 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 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 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)
      • Mercuryville is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercuryville
    • Healdsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Camp Rose
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Camp Rose is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Rose
    • Windsor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Kellogg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Cloverdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Preston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Preston is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Mark West Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Mark West Springs is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark West Springs
    • Trenton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • 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)
      • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Pine Grove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Grove is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Middletown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Salminas Resort
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Salminas Resort is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salminas Resort
    • Glenview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Glenview is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
    • Seigler Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Seigler Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigler Springs
    • Hidden Valley Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
    • 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)
      • Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • 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)
      • Largo is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
  • 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)
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
    • 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.

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.

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 Dry Creek Rancheria - one of the links might be able to help.

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)
  • Hall Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Olive Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cyrus Alexander Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Mound Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cloverdale Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 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 <2>
  • 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)
  • Faught Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (62 more) ...
    • St. Gregory of Sinai Monastery Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Middletown Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Redwood Memorial Gardens
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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 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)
    • Asti is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asti
  • Windsor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Kellogg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Kellogg is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Glenbrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • Cloverdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Preston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Preston is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
  • Middletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Trenton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • 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)
      • Highland Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
    • 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.

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 54 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 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. 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 like to start 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 Dry Creek 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>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 from Point A (ie- Dry Creek Rancheria) 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 Dry Creek Rancheria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.