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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 Llano De Santa Rosa (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 Llano De Santa Rosa. 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.

Llano De Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma 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 Sonoma County: Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa & Solano.

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

  • Sonoma County     (The home county of Llano De Santa Rosa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Llano De Santa Rosa, with the one closest to Llano De Santa Rosa listed first.
    • South Santa Rosa
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • South Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Santa Rosa
    • Bellevue
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Bellevue is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Roseland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Roseland is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • Santa Rosa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sebastopol
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cotati
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rohnert Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Montgomery Village is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
    • Stony Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Fulton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Graton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Llano De Santa Rosa, with the one closest to Llano De Santa Rosa listed first.
    • Middletown
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Hidden Valley Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
    • Pine Grove
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pine Grove is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Marin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Llano De Santa Rosa, with the one closest to Llano De Santa Rosa listed first.
    • Tomales
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Dillon Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hamlet
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamlet is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
    • Nicks Cove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Nicks Cove is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicks Cove
    • Marshall
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Millerton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Millerton is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Inverness
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Novato
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nicasio
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Point Reyes Station
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Old Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Town is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Black Point - Green Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Llano De Santa Rosa, with the one closest to Llano De Santa Rosa listed first.
    • Woodleaf
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
    • Calistoga
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Helena
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rutherford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Deer Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Yountville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Angwin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pope Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Merazo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Merazo is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
    • Union
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Union is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Napa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Napa is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Llano De Santa Rosa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Llano De Santa Rosa.

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 Llano De Santa Rosa - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Llano De Santa Rosa, with the one closest to Llano De Santa Rosa listed first.

  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Canfield Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Rosa Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hills Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Bennett Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Moke Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (67 more) ...

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 Llano De Santa Rosa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Llano De Santa Rosa.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Llano De Santa Rosa, with the one closest to Llano De Santa Rosa listed first.

  • Santa Rosa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cotati
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Stony Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Bloomfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Penngrove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Melita
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Melita is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
  • Fulton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Ely ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ely is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
  • Trenton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Freestone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Forestville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley Ford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Occidental
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Windsor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Wildwood ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Wildwood is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood

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

Newspapers Published in Llano De Santa Rosa ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Llano De Santa Rosa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Llano De Santa Rosa, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Llano De Santa Rosa.

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 helpful 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 Llano De Santa Rosa:

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 Llano De Santa Rosa, 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 from Point A (ie- Llano De Santa Rosa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.