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 Fairville (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 Fairville. 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 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.
Fairville 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 Fairville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fairville:
- Sonoma County (The home county of Fairville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- McGill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McGill is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Sears Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
- Wingo ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wingo is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Vineburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Temelec
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Temelec is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temelec
- Sonoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- El Verano
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boyes Hot Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fetters Hot Springs - Agua Caliente
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eldridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Petaluma
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ely ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ely is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Alameda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- Albany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- University Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Berkeley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
- Rochedale Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rochedale Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochedale Village
- South Berkeley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Berkeley is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berkeley
- Former name for South Berkeley:
- Lorin
- Emeryville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Campbell Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Campbell Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Village
- West Oakland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Oakland is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oakland
- Oakland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Montclair
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Montclair is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
- Piedmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Former names for Brooklyn:
- Antonio
- Clinton
- Contra Costa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- Bayview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bayview is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Gateley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gateley is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateley
- Rodeo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sobrante
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sobrante is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobrante
- Tormey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tormey is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tormey
- Hercules
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pinole
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tara Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tara Hills is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Hills
- Valona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valona is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valona
- San Pablo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Crockett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rollingwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- El Sobrante
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- Black Point - Green Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Novato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Ignacio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ignacio is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ignacio
- Rafael Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rafael Village is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rafael Village
- Cerro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cerro is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro
- Santa Venetia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Santa Venetia is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Venetia
- Terra Linda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Terra Linda is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Linda
- San Rafael
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ross
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Fairfax
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Nicasio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- San Anselmo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Napa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- Merazo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merazo is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
- Suscol ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Suscol is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suscol
- Suscol has also been known as:
- Soscol
- Susqual
- American Canyon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lombard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lombard is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- Middleton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Middleton is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Napa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Yountville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Oakville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rutherford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Helena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Deer Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Angwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- San Francisco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- Chinatown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chinatown is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Sydney Town ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sydney Town is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydney Town
- Amanico Ergina Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Amanico Ergina Village is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanico Ergina Village
- Friendship Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Friendship Village is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Village
- Mission District
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mission District is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission District
- San Francisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Doelger City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Doelger City is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doelger City
- Golden Gate Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Golden Gate Heights is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate Heights
- Solano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- Guadalcanal Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Guadalcanal Village is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalcanal Village
- Mare Island ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mare Island is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mare Island
- Vallejo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Benicia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mankas Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
- Fairfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Suisun City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Suisun City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
- Suisun City has also been known as:
- Suisun
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <1>
- Vacaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Travis Field
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Travis Field is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
- Denverton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- Leisure Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leisure Town is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fairville, see our County-by-County Page for Fairville.
Cemeteries Near Fairville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairville.
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 Fairville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fairville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- Valley Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis Solano Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old Hillside Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Water Front Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Napa Valley Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa Valley Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Napa Valley Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Napa.
- The Napa Valley Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
- Napa Valley Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #169978 <2>
- Napa State Hospital Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brothers of the Christian Schools Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Partrick Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partrick Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Partrick Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Napa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2433832 <2>
- Continue List (81 more) ...
- Petaluma Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Eldridge Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eldridge Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Eldridge.
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 Fairville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fairville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fairville, with the one closest to Fairville listed first.
- Sears Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
- McGill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- McGill is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Merazo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Merazo is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
- Schellville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Schellville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schellville
- Black Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Point is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Point
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Donahue ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Donahue is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donahue
- Buena Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Sonoma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Novato
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ignacio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ignacio is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ignacio
- Flosden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flosden is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flosden
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Napa Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Napa Junction is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa Junction
- Madrone ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Madrone is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
- Yulupa ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yulupa is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yulupa
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fairville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fairville.
Newspapers Published in Fairville ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairville, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairville.
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 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 Fairville:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Sonoma County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alameda County
- Contra Costa County
- Marin County
- Napa County
- San Francisco County
- Solano 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> | 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- Fairville) 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 Fairville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |