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 Garden Park (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 Garden Park. 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 doctors 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.
Garden Park is located in San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Garden Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garden Park:
- San Bernardino County (The home county of Garden Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Park, with the one closest to Garden Park listed first.
- Marigold
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marigold is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold
- San Bernardino
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Loma Linda
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mound City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- Colton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colton is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <1>
- Lugonia ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
- Patton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bryn Mawr
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rialto
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <1>
- West Colton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Colton is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Colton
- Los Angeles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Park, with the one closest to Garden Park listed first.
- Mount Baldy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Claremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pomona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- La Verne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- San Dimas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spadra
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Spadra is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
- Orange County
- Beeks Place ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beeks Place is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks Place
- Riverside County
- The following are listed by their distance from Garden Park, with the one closest to Garden Park listed first.
- Highgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Highgrove is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove
- Ordway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ordway is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
- Bannockburn Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bannockburn Village is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannockburn Village
- Moreno Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sunnyslope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunnyslope is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
- Riverside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rubidoux
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- De Anza Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- De Anza Village is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Anza Village
- March Field
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- March Field is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for March Field
- Calimesa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Avon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Avon is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
- Jurupa Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jurupa Valley is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jurupa Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109,745 people
- Pedley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pedley is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garden Park, see our County-by-County Page for Garden Park.
Cemeteries Near Garden Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garden Park.
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 Garden Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garden Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garden Park, with the one closest to Garden Park listed first.
- Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Home of Eternity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Montecito Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Campo Santo Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hermosa Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa Gardens Cemetery
- The Hermosa Gardens Cemetery has also been known as:
- Colton Cemetery
- Hermosa Cemetery
- Hermosa Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8022 <2>
- Indian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Cemetery
- The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hillside Cemetery Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8029 <2>
- Rialto Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Acres Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (32 more) ...
- Veterans Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olivewood Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Garden Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Garden Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Garden Park, with the one closest to Garden Park listed first.
- Victoria
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Victoria is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
- Colton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colton is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <1>
- Mound City ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
- San Bernardino
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lugonia ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
- Redlands
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rialto
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <1>
- Arrowhead Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arrowhead Springs is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
- Mentone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Eastbern ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Eastbern is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastbern
- Riverside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grapeland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grapeland is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeland
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Declezville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Declezville is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declezville
- Declez
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Declez is located in San Bernardino County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
- Etiwanda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garden Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garden Park.
Newspapers Published in Garden Park ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garden Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Garden Park, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Garden Park.
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 helpful 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 Garden Park:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to San Bernardino County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Los Angeles County
- Orange County
- Riverside 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 Garden Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Garden Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |