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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 Fisher 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 Fisher 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 Fisher 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Fisher Place: Fisher Pl. (or less commonly used: Fisher Plc.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Fisher Place. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fisher Place.

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 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.

Fisher Place is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

Below are the counties that are near Fisher Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fisher Place:

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Fisher Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fisher Place, with the one closest to Fisher Place listed first.
    • Sheep Ranch
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cave City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cave City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave City
    • Lakemont Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Meadowmont
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Avery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Ranch
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Arnold
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fly-In Acres
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Cedar Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Forest Meadows
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
    • Hathaway Pines
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinebrook
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Murphys
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fisher Place, with the one closest to Fisher Place listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fisher Place, with the one closest to Fisher Place listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pioneer
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Martell
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Drytown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • River Pines
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plymouth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ione
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Ione is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
      • Former names for Ione:
      • Bedbug
      • Freeze Out
      • Hardscrabble
      • Ione City
      • Ione Valley
      • Jone City
      • Jone Valley
      • Rickeyville
      • Woosterville
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fisher Place, with the one closest to Fisher Place listed first.
    • Mount Aukum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Play
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fisher Place, with the one closest to Fisher Place listed first.
    • Columbia Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Columbia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Martinez
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Squabbletown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Cedar Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuttletown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
    • Greenley Oaks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
    • Sonora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • East Sonora
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Peaceful Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Peaceful Valley is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley

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

Cemeteries Near Fisher Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fisher 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 Fisher Place - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fisher Place, with the one closest to Fisher Place listed first.

  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Peoples Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
    • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <3>
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Lode Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Continue List   (40 more) ...

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 Fisher Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fisher Place.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fisher Place, with the one closest to Fisher Place listed first.

  • Sheep Ranch
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Avery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Murphys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Douglas Flat
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Big Trees
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Glencoe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rich Gulch
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
  • San Andreas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Angels Camp
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • West Point
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Columbia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mokelumne Hill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Tuttletown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fisher Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fisher Place.

Newspapers Published in Fisher 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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fisher Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fisher Place, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fisher Place.

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 Fisher Place:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Fisher Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Fisher Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.