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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 Fort Goff (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 Fort Goff. 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 Fort Goff ...

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 Fort Goff: Ft. Goff

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.

Fort Goff is located in Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).

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

  • Siskiyou County     (The home county of Fort Goff)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Goff, with the one closest to Fort Goff listed first.
    • Seiad Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Happy Camp
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Scott Bar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Klamath River
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Mugginsville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mugginsville is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mugginsville
    • Oro Fino
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oro Fino is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Fino
    • Fort Jones
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenview
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cheeseville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cheeseville is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheeseville
  • Jackson County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Goff, with the one closest to Fort Goff listed first.
    • Copper ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Copper is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
    • Buncom
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Buncom is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
    • Applegate
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ruch
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Provolt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Provolt is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provolt
    • Sterlingville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
  • Josephine County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Goff, with the one closest to Fort Goff listed first.
    • Brown City ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brown City is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown City
    • Williams
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Althouse ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Althouse is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
    • Waldo ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Waldo is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • O'Brien
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cave Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kerby
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kerby is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerby
      • Former names for Kerby:
      • Kerbyville
      • Napoleon
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kerby <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Fort Goff ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Goff.

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 Fort Goff - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Horse Creek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Steamboat Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Aubrey Family Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartley Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Sparlin Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Gotcher Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Kanaka Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Sterling Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sterlingville Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Logtown Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Logtown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ruch (OR).
    • The Logtown Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Log Town Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39053 <2>

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

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

  • Seiad Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Happy Camp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Steamboat
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Steamboat is located in Jackson County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
  • Oakbar
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
  • Browntown ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Browntown is located in Josephine County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
  • Walker
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Walker is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
  • Cottage Grove
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottage Grove is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Williams
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Althouse ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Althouse is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
    • Waldo ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Waldo is located in Josephine County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Oro Fino
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oro Fino is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Fino
    • Gottsville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Gottsville is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gottsville
    • Fort Jones
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Applegate
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Fort Goff ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Goff.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Goff, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Goff.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Fort Goff:

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- Fort Goff) 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 Fort Goff, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.