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 El Rio Estates (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 El Rio Estates. 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 El Rio Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for El Rio Estates: El Rio Ests.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
El Rio Estates is located in Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.
Below are the counties that are near El Rio Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to El Rio Estates:
- Shasta County (The home county of El Rio Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from El Rio Estates, with the one closest to El Rio Estates listed first.
- Anderson
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
- Former name for Anderson:
- American Ranch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <1>
- Latona ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Latona is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latona
- Former name for Latona:
- New Town
- Pacheco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pacheco is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco
- Bell's Bridge ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bell's Bridge is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell's Bridge
- Girvan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Girvan is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
- Redding Rancheria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Redding Rancheria is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding Rancheria
- Olinda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olinda is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
- Happy Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Former name for Happy Valley:
- Oak
- Parkville ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Parkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Canon City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canon City is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
- Cottonwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Tehama County
- The following are listed by their distance from El Rio Estates, with the one closest to El Rio Estates listed first.
- Hooker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bend is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
- Dales
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dales is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
- Red Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Paynes Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Proberta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gerber
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dantuma Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
- Trinity County
- The following are listed by their distance from El Rio Estates, with the one closest to El Rio Estates listed first.
- Deadwood ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deadwood is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
- Lewiston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to El Rio Estates, see our County-by-County Page for El Rio Estates.
Cemeteries Near El Rio Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of El Rio Estates.
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 El Rio Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for El Rio Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from El Rio Estates, with the one closest to El Rio Estates listed first.
- Anderson District Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Anderson Pioneer Cemetery is located in Anderson.
- The Anderson Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oddfellows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2231350 <2>
- Bates Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cottonwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Parkville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Parkville Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lawncrest Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Major Pierson B. Reading Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Texas Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cloverdale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- Masonic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redding Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- IOOF Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find El Rio Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of El Rio Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from El Rio Estates, with the one closest to El Rio Estates listed first.
- Anderson
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
- Former name for Anderson:
- American Ranch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <1>
- Olinda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olinda is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
- Girvan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Girvan is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
- Cottonwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Redding
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Millville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Waugh ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waugh is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
- Gas Point ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gas Point is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
- Hooker
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Buckeye
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Buckeye is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Igo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Shasta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hart ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hart is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
- Hart has also been known as:
- Hart Village
- Hart's Camp
- Copley ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Copley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
- Former name for Copley:
- Motion
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around El Rio Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around El Rio Estates.
Newspapers Published in El Rio Estates ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around El Rio Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of El Rio Estates, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for El Rio Estates.
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 El Rio Estates:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Shasta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Tehama County
- Trinity County
- 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> | 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 El Rio Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- El Rio Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |