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 Leisure Village (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 Leisure Village. 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 Leisure Village ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Leisure Village: Leisure Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Leisure Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Leisure Village.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Leisure Village is located in Ventura 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 Ventura County: Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara.
Below are the counties that are near Leisure Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Leisure Village:
- Ventura County (The home county of Leisure Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Village, with the one closest to Leisure Village listed first.
- Camarillo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Somis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lagol
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lagol is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagol
- Casa Conejo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Casa Conejo is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Conejo
- Old Town
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Town is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Newbury Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountclef Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mountclef Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountclef Village
- Springville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Springville is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Greenwich Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenwich Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village
- Moorpark
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thousand Oaks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cabrillo Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cabrillo Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabrillo Village
- Los Angeles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Leisure Village, with the one closest to Leisure Village listed first.
- Westlake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Agoura Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Agoura
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bell Canyon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Malibu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Point Dume
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Point Dume is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Dume
- Calabasas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hidden Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Hills is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
- Chatsworth Lake Manor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Chatsworth Lake Manor is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth Lake Manor
- Malibu Beach
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Malibu Beach is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malibu Beach
- Canoga Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Canoga Park is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga Park
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Leisure Village, see our County-by-County Page for Leisure Village.
Cemeteries Near Leisure Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Leisure Village.
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 Leisure Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Leisure Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Leisure Village, with the one closest to Leisure Village listed first.
- Conejo Mtn. Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Olson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hueneme Masonic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hueneme Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hueneme Masonic Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Port Hueneme.
- The Hueneme Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Masonic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8145 <2>
- Japanese Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Paula Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bardsdale Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bardsdale Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Bardsdale.
- Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Santa Clara Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Assumption Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Piru Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Memorial Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Simi Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Oakwood Memorial Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ojai Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Leisure Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Leisure Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Leisure Village, with the one closest to Leisure Village listed first.
- Newbury Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Springville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Springville is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Santa Paula
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saticoy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saticoy is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saticoy
- Bardsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Bardsdale is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
- Sespe Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sespe Village is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village
- Montalvo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Montalvo is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montalvo
- Simi Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Fillmore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Buckhorn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Ventura
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ventura is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventura
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107,110 people
- Ventura has also been known as:
- San Buenaventura
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ventura <1>
- Piru
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Matilija
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Matilija is located in Ventura County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilija
- Chatsworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Chatsworth is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Las Flores
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Las Flores is located in Los Angeles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Leisure Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Leisure Village.
Newspapers Published in Leisure Village ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Leisure Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Leisure Village, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Leisure Village.
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 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 Leisure Village:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Ventura 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 Leisure Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Leisure Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |