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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 Guejito (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 Guejito. 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 doctors 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.

Guejito is located in San Diego 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 Diego County: Imperial, Orange & Riverside.

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

  • San Diego County     (The home county of Guejito)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guejito, with the one closest to Guejito listed first.
    • Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
    • Palomar Mountain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Valley Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Pauma Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ramona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Escondido
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hidden Meadows
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Hidden Meadows is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
    • Holcomb Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Holcomb Village is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcomb Village
    • Oak Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • San Diego Country Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Santa Ysabel
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Guejito, with the one closest to Guejito listed first.
    • Aguanga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rainbow Canyon Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Temecula
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sage
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Sage is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
    • Auld ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Auld is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auld
    • Anza
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Murrieta Hot Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Murrieta Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrieta Hot Springs
    • Ramona Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Ramona Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Village
    • Dutch Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Dutch Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village

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

Cemeteries Near Guejito ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Guejito.

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 Guejito - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Bartholomew Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oak Hill Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley Center Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pauma Valley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • San Marcos Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pala Tribal Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dearborn Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bergman Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Julian Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Radec Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Olivenhain Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fallbrook Odd Fellows Community Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)

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

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

  • San Pasqual
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • San Pasqual is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pasqual
  • Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
  • Valley Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Escondido
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ballena
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Ballena is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballena
  • Santa Ysabel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Twin Oaks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
  • San Marcos
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Pala
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wynola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wynola is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynola
  • Poway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Poway is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <1>
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Buena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Buena is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena
    • Julian
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • El Capitan ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • El Capitan is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Capitan

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

Newspapers Published in Guejito ...

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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Guejito.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Guejito, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Guejito.

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 Guejito:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Guejito) 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 Guejito, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.