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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 Indian Hills (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 Indian Hills. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Indian Hills is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Indian Hills)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Hathaway Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Cedar Vista
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Forest Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
    • Avery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lakemont Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Meadowmont
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Fly-In Acres
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Arnold
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Pinebrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Sheep Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Douglas Flat
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Murphys
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pioneer
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Martell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sutter Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Fiddletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Stanislaus County
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Hills, with the one closest to Indian Hills listed first.
    • Columbia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Ridge
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Columbia Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Martinez
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Squabbletown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
    • Greenley Oaks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Twain Harte
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • East Sonora
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
    • Mono Vista
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Mono Vista is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Vista

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

Cemeteries Near Indian Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Hills.

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

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

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

  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Public Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
    • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <2>
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Lode Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Mountain Shadow Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jewish Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sonora City Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Avery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Murphys
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Douglas Flat
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Trees
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Columbia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Angels Camp
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuttletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Sonora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Soulsbyville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Jamestown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Tuolumne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Glencoe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Indian Hills ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Indian Hills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Hills, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Indian Hills.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Indian Hills:

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 Indian Hills, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Indian Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.