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 Jones 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 Jones 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 Jones 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Jones Place: Jones Pl. (or less commonly used: Jones Plc.)
- While the name of this community is Jones Place, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Jones Place may originally have been Jone's Place.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Jones Place might be written as Jone Place.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Jones Place is located in El Dorado 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 El Dorado County: Alpine, Amador, Placer, Sacramento & Douglas (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Jones Place. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jones Place:
- El Dorado County (The home county of Jones Place)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Place, with the one closest to Jones Place listed first.
- White Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- White Hall is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Kyburz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Riverton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverton is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Pacific
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Fresh Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
- Strawberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Twin Bridges
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pollock Pines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Phillips is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
- Fallen Leaf
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Grizzly Flatx
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
- Alpine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Place, with the one closest to Jones Place listed first.
- Sorensens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sorensens is located in Alpine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
- Woodfords
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodfords is located in Alpine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
- Alpine Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Alpine Village is located in Alpine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Place, with the one closest to Jones Place listed first.
- Kit Carson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- River Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Place, with the one closest to Jones Place listed first.
- Greekstore
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Greekstore is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greekstore
- Homewood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tahoma Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tahoma Meadows is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoma Meadows
- Tahoe Pines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tahoe Pines is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Pines
- Last Chance ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Last Chance is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Tahoe City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Michigan Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
- Foresthill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Soda Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Soda Springs is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
- Dollar Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dollar Point is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dollar Point
- Lake Forest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Forest is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Forest
- Yankee Jims
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
- Douglas County (NV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Jones Place, with the one closest to Jones Place listed first.
- Edgewood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edgewood is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
- Stateline
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tahoe Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tahoe Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tahoe Village
- Zephyr Cove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Skyland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Skyland is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyland
- Kingsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kingsbury is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
- Lincoln Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Kingsbury Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kingsbury Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury Village
- Summit Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Summit Village is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Village
- Glenbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mottsville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mottsville is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mottsville
- Sheridan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sheridan is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jones Place, see our County-by-County Page for Jones Place.
Cemeteries Near Jones Place ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jones 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 Jones Place - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jones Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jones Place, with the one closest to Jones Place listed first.
- Pioneer Grave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maidens Gravesite
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Al Tahoe Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Graves Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Flat Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Happy Homestead Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Johnson - Springmeyer Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Diggings Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Deadwood Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Placerville Union Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Placerville Union Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Placerville.
- The Placerville Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1812538 <3>
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Andreason Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Josephine Mine Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Middletown Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Jones Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jones Place.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Jones Place, with the one closest to Jones Place listed first.
- Pacific
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Bryants
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bryants is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants
- Grizzly Flatx
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Emerald Bay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Emerald Bay is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Bay
- Pleasant Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Tallac Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tallac Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallac Village
- Lake Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
- Omo Ranch
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
- Bijou
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bijou is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
- Fair Play
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tahoe City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Michigan Bluff
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Placerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hobart ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hobart is located in Douglas County (NV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Kelsey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jones Place. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jones Place.
Newspapers Published in Jones 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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jones Place.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jones Place, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jones Place.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Jones Place:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to El Dorado County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alpine County
- Amador County
- Placer County
- Douglas County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Jones Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Jones Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |