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 Lakes Estates (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 Lakes Estates. 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 Indian Lakes Estates ...
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 Indian Lakes Estates: Indian Lks. Ests.
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 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 Lakes Estates 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 Indian Lakes Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Indian Lakes Estates:
- Madera County (The home county of Indian Lakes Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lakes Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lakes Estates listed first.
- Coarsegold
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- O'Neals
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yosemite Lakes Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
- Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
- Yosemite Lakes
- Oakhurst
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Fork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wishon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wishon is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
- Bass Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Pines
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- The Pines is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Knowles is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Ahwahnee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yosemite Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
- Knowles Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Knowles Junction is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Junction
- Fresno County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lakes Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lakes Estates listed first.
- Auberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Friant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Prather
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
- Sentinel ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sentinel is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Dora Belle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
- Pineridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pineridge is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
- Tollhouse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shaver Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gordon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Gordon is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Big Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Huntington Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Mariposa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Indian Lakes Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lakes Estates listed first.
- Fish Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bootjack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bootjack is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootjack
- Darrah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Darrah is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrah
- Wawona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mariposa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerseydale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
- Midpines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Catheys Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bullion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
- Yosemite West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yosemite West is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite West
- Nevada County
- Cedar Crest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Indian Lakes Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Indian Lakes Estates.
Cemeteries Near Indian Lakes Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Lakes Estates.
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 Lakes Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Indian Lakes Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Indian Lakes Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lakes Estates listed first.
- Picayune Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fine Gold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oakhill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Fork Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Winchell Cove Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Raymond Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Winchell Cove Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchell Cove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Winchell Cove Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Friant.
- Auberry Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tollhouse Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- White Rock Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Academy Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clovis Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 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.<4>
While we didn't find Indian Lakes Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Indian Lakes Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Indian Lakes Estates, with the one closest to Indian Lakes Estates listed first.
- Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
- Knowles ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Knowles is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
- Raymond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Raymond is located in Madera County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Auberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ben Hur
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ben Hur is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Sentinel ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sentinel is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Tollhouse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Letcher ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Letcher is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
- Wawona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mariposa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jerseydale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jerseydale is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseydale
- Herndon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Herndon is located in Fresno County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
- Mount Bullion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Bullion is located in Mariposa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Bullion
- Fresno
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Indian Lakes Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Indian Lakes Estates.
Newspapers Published in Indian Lakes Estates ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Indian Lakes Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Lakes Estates, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Indian Lakes Estates.
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 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 Lakes Estates:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Madera County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Fresno County
- Mariposa County
- Nevada County
- 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Indian Lakes Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Indian Lakes Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |