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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 Hemlock Crossing (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 Hemlock Crossing. 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 Hemlock Crossing ...

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 Hemlock Crossing: Hemlock Xing.

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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Hemlock Crossing is located in Madera 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 Madera County: Fresno, Mariposa, Merced & Mono.

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

  • Madera County     (The home county of Hemlock Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock Crossing, with the one closest to Hemlock Crossing listed first.
    • Bass Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • The Pines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
    • Wishon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wishon is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
    • Yosemite Forks
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock Crossing, with the one closest to Hemlock Crossing listed first.
    • Mono Hot Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lakeshore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Huntington Lake
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Big Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Former names for Big Creek:
      • Big Creek Flats
      • Cascada
      • Manzanita Park
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
  • Mariposa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock Crossing, with the one closest to Hemlock Crossing listed first.
    • Curry Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Curry Village is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Village
    • Yosemite Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Yosemite Valley is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Valley
    • Yosemite Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Yosemite Village is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Village
    • Wawona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Fish Camp
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Yosemite West
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Yosemite West is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite West
    • El Portal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Mono County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hemlock Crossing, with the one closest to Hemlock Crossing listed first.
    • Lake Mary
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Lake Mary is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Mill City is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
    • June Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mammoth Lakes
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Old Mammoth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Old Mammoth is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mammoth
    • Crestview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Crestview is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview
    • June Lake Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • June Lake Junction is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for June Lake Junction
    • Dana City ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dana City is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana City
    • Convict Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Convict Lake is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Convict Lake
    • Bennettville ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Bennettville is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettville
      • Former names for Bennettville:
      • Bennett City
      • Tioga
    • Whitmore Hot Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Whitmore Hot Springs is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmore Hot Springs
      • Former names for Whitmore Hot Springs:
      • Whitmore Tub Spring
      • Whitmore Tubs
    • Lee Vining
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Mono Mills ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Mono Mills is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Mills
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
  • Tuolumne County
    • Golden Crown Mine ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Golden Crown Mine is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Crown Mine

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

Cemeteries Near Hemlock Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hemlock Crossing.

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 Hemlock Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Wawona
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Mono Lake ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Mono Lake is located in Mono County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Lake
  • Lundy
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Lundy is located in Mono County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundy
    • Former name for Lundy:
    • Mill Creek

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

Newspapers Published in Hemlock Crossing ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hemlock Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hemlock Crossing, 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 Hemlock Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Hemlock Crossing:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hemlock Crossing) 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 Hemlock Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.