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 Live Oak (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 Live Oak. 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 southwest 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 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.
Live Oak is located in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County: Amador, Contra Costa, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Live Oak. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Live Oak:
- Sacramento County (The home county of Live Oak)
- The following are listed by their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- Rancho Murieta
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sloughhouse
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Prairie City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Wilton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mather
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Folsom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Folsom is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
- Folsom has also been known as:
- Folsom City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
- Folsom Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
- Gold River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Natoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Natoma is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
- Rancho Cordova
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Vineyard is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Walsh Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Walsh Station is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh Station
- Fair Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- May ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Ione
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Drytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Amador City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Camanche Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Sutter Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Martell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- River Pines
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Calaveras County
- The following are listed by their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Wallace
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Campo Seco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Burson
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mokelumne Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
- Glencoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rancho Calaveras
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- Jenny Lind
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- San Andreas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Gulch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy Gulch is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Gulch
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Crescent Ridge Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- Park Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Park Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- La Cresta Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- La Cresta Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cresta Village
- Ridgeview Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ridgeview Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview Village
- Cameron Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- El Dorado Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Village
- Crown Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
- Governors Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Governors Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Village
- Saint Andrews Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Saint Andrews Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews Village
- Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- Granite Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Roseville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocklin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loomis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Penryn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Newcastle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Whitney ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ophir
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Riego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Riego is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
- Virginiatown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Virginiatown is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
- North Auburn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Lincoln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- Clements
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lockeford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Victor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Acampo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mokelumne City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mokelumne City is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokelumne City
- North Woodbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
- Thornton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
- South Woodbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbridge
- Taison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Taison is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
- Henderson Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Village is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Village
- Bellota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- Clarksburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Broderick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- West Sacramento
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bryte
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Greendale is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Live Oak, see our County-by-County Page for Live Oak.
Cemeteries Near Live Oak ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Live Oak.
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 Live Oak - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Live Oak covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- Michigan Bar Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bryant Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- White Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Clarksville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Catholic Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Drytown Public Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- St. Stevens Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Protestant Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Chinese Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (79 more) ...
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mathew Kilgore Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Camellia Memorial Lawn Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Live Oak in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Live Oak.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Live Oak, with the one closest to Live Oak listed first.
- Michigan Bar ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Michigan Bar is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bar
- May ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Forest Home ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Latrobe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Latrobe is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latrobe
- White Rock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Rock is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Clay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Ione
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Clarksville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Cicero ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cicero is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicero
- Drytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Alder Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alder Creek is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Creek
- Folsom
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Folsom is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
- Folsom has also been known as:
- Folsom City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
- Natoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Natoma is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Live Oak. See our List of 1890's Communities around Live Oak.
Newspapers Published in Live Oak ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Live Oak.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Live Oak, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Live Oak.
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 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 Live Oak:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Sacramento County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- Calaveras County
- El Dorado County
- Placer County
- San Joaquin County
- Yolo 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> | 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> | 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- Live Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Live Oak, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |