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 Hubert Place (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 Hubert Place. 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 Hubert Place ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hubert Place: Hubert Pl. (or less commonly used: Hubert Plc.)
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 hospitals and 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.
Hubert Place is located in San Luis Obispo 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 Luis Obispo County: Kern, Kings, Monterey, Santa Barbara & Ventura.
Below are the counties that are near Hubert Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hubert Place:
- San Luis Obispo County (The home county of Hubert Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hubert Place, with the one closest to Hubert Place listed first.
- Musick ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Musick is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- La Panza ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- La Panza is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Panza
- Nipomo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arroyo Grande
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reeds ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reeds is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Callender
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fairoaks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fairoaks is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairoaks
- Oceano
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Simmler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Simmler is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmler
- Grover Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pismo Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Shell Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- San Luis Obispo
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Santa Barbara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hubert Place, with the one closest to Hubert Place listed first.
- Santa Maria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Garey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Garey is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garey
- Sisquoc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sisquoc is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisquoc
- Betteravia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Betteravia is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betteravia
- Guadalupe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orcutt
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Casmalia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Los Alamos
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hubert Place, see our County-by-County Page for Hubert Place.
Cemeteries Near Hubert Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hubert Place.
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 Hubert Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hubert Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hubert Place, with the one closest to Hubert Place listed first.
- Santa Maria Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Halcyon Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ontiveros Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Guadalupe Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Foxen Canyon Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Santa Margarita Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Old Mission Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sutcliffe Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutcliffe Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sutcliffe Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of San Luis Obispo.
- San Luis Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luis Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the San Luis Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of San Luis Obispo.
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 Hubert Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hubert Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hubert Place, with the one closest to Hubert Place listed first.
- Huasna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Huasna is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huasna
- Musick ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Musick is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Pozo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pozo is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pozo
- La Panza ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- La Panza is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Panza
- Summit ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Nipomo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Los Berros
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Los Berros is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Berros
- Verde
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Verde is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verde
- Santa Maria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arroyo Grande
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reeds ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Reeds is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds
- Garey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Garey is located in Santa Barbara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garey
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Edna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Edna is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna
- Simmler
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Simmler is located in San Luis Obispo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmler
- Guadalupe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hubert Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hubert Place.
Newspapers Published in Hubert Place ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hubert Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hubert Place, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hubert Place.
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 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 Hubert Place:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to San Luis Obispo County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Hubert Place, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hubert Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |