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 Finley Place (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 Finley Place. 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 Finley Place ...
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 Finley Place: Finley Pl. (or less commonly used: Finley Plc.)
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 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.
Finley Place is located in Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.
Below are the counties that are near Finley Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Finley Place:
- Tehama County (The home county of Finley Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley Place, with the one closest to Finley Place listed first.
- Dantuma Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
- Paynes Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Manton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dales
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dales is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
- Bend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bend is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
- Gerber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Los Molinos
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Proberta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Red Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tehama
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley Place, with the one closest to Finley Place listed first.
- Butte Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Inskip ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Inskip is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
- Powellton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Forest Ranch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
- De Sabla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- De Sabla is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
- Stirling City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley Place, with the one closest to Finley Place listed first.
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Longville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Longville is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Shasta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finley Place, with the one closest to Finley Place listed first.
- Shingletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Viola ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Inwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Inwood is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Manzanita Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Manzanita Lake is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita Lake
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fleaville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Battle Creek ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Clarkville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clarkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Eudora Colony ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Eudora Colony is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora Colony
- Whitmore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parkville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Basin Hollow ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Basin Hollow is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Hollow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Finley Place, see our County-by-County Page for Finley Place.
Cemeteries Near Finley Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Finley Place.
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 Finley Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Finley Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Finley Place, with the one closest to Finley Place listed first.
- Cameron - Davis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Klotz Family Pioneer Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Plateau Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ogburn Inwood Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Butte Meadows Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Parkville Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Major Pierson B. Reading Family Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Whitmore Evangelical Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fern Pioneer Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Whitmore Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parkville Pioneer Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Vina Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Vina.
- The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <2>
- Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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 Finley Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Finley Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Finley Place, with the one closest to Finley Place listed first.
- Lyonsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Paynes Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shingletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Inwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Inwood is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Butte Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Red Bluff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Rawson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Proberta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Inskip ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Inskip is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
- Tehama
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Millville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Powellton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Powellton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Finley Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Finley Place.
Newspapers Published in Finley Place ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Finley Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Finley Place, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Finley Place.
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 Finley Place:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Tehama County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- Plumas County
- Shasta 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Finley Place) 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 Finley Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |