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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 Lacjac (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 Lacjac. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Lacjac is located in Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of Lacjac)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lacjac, with the one closest to Lacjac listed first.
    • Reedley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Parlier
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Del Rey
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Del Rey is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rey
    • Minkler
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Minkler is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minkler
    • Sanger
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Selma
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Selma is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,370 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <1>
    • Orange Cove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Fowler
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Gravesboro
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Gravesboro is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravesboro
    • Lone Star
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Conejo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Conejo is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conejo
    • Bowles
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Bowles is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowles
  • Kings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lacjac, with the one closest to Lacjac listed first.
    • Hardwick
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Hardwick is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
    • Hanford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Home Garden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Home Garden is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
    • Armona
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hub
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hub is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hub
    • Lemoore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Madera County
    • Millerton ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Millerton is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
  • Tulare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lacjac, with the one closest to Lacjac listed first.
    • Dinuba
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • London
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • London is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
    • Sultana
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Traver
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Orosi
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cutler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • East Orosi
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • East Orosi is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orosi
    • Wimp
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Wimp is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimp
    • Yettem
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Goshen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Taurusa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Taurusa is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taurusa
    • Chinowths Corner
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Chinowths Corner is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinowths Corner
    • Ivanhoe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lacjac ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lacjac.

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 Lacjac - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Reedley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Mendocino Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • S D A Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Floral Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • North Selma Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Del Rey Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rey Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Del Rey Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Del Rey.
    • The Del Rey Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Prairie Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1997625 <2>
  • Sanger Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • West Selma Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingsburg Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Smith Mtn. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (46 more) ...
    • Acres Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Fowler Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Hazelton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Reedley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Selma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Selma is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,370 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <1>
  • Sanger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tokay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Tokay is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay
  • Traver
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fowler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Monson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Monson is located in Tulare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
  • Orosi
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Lone Star
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Wildflower
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wildflower is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildflower
  • Malaga
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Malaga is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
  • Yokuts
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Oleander
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Oleander is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
    • Lillis ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lillis is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lillis
    • Easton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Lacjac ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lacjac.

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

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 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 Lacjac:

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 Lacjac, 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- Lacjac) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.