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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 Grindstone Indian Rancheria (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 Grindstone Indian Rancheria. 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 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.

Grindstone Indian Rancheria is located in Glenn 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 Glenn County: Butte, Colusa, Lake, Mendocino & Tehama.

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

  • Glenn County     (The home county of Grindstone Indian Rancheria)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grindstone Indian Rancheria, with the one closest to Grindstone Indian Rancheria listed first.
    • Elk Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Newville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Newville is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
    • Dogtown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Dogtown is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Copper City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Copper City is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Lone Star ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Artois
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Orland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Willows
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Capay
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Capay is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
    • Hamilton City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Glenn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Butte County
    • Nord ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Nord is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grindstone Indian Rancheria, with the one closest to Grindstone Indian Rancheria listed first.
    • Stonyford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Devils Elbow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
    • Lodoga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Lodoga is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodoga
    • Sites
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Sites is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grindstone Indian Rancheria, with the one closest to Grindstone Indian Rancheria listed first.
    • Paskenta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Flournoy
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Kirkwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Rancho Tehama Reserve
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Corning
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vina
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Grindstone Indian Rancheria ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grindstone Indian Rancheria.

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 Grindstone Indian Rancheria - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grindstone Indian Rancheria, with the one closest to Grindstone Indian Rancheria listed first.

  • Grindstone Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Watson Grave
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Elk Creek Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Chrome Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrome Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Chrome Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north of Elk Creek.
    • The Chrome Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Milsap Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8162 <2>
  • Millsap Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Newville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Nye Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Graves Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Graves Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Orland.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7996 <2>
  • Elmore Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Paskenta Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paskenta Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Paskenta Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Paskenta.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8258 <2>
  • Orland Masonic Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Germantown Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Oddfellows Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Willows Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Willows Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Willows.
      • The Willows Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Glenn County Willows Cemetery
      • Willows Catholic Cemetery
      • Willows IOOF Cemetery
      • Willows IOOF Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7888 <2>
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Grindstone Indian Rancheria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grindstone Indian Rancheria.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Grindstone Indian Rancheria, with the one closest to Grindstone Indian Rancheria listed first.

  • Elk Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Fruto
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fruto is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruto
  • Newville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Newville is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
  • Paskenta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Orland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Willows
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Stonyford
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Kirkwood
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
  • Henleyville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Henleyville is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henleyville
  • Norman
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Norman is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Corning
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sites
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Sites is located in Colusa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sites
  • Jacinto
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jacinto is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
  • Richfield
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Richfield is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield

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

Newspapers Published in Grindstone Indian Rancheria ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grindstone Indian Rancheria.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grindstone Indian Rancheria, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grindstone Indian Rancheria.

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 Grindstone Indian Rancheria:

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- Grindstone Indian Rancheria) 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 Grindstone Indian Rancheria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.