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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 Los Guilicos (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 Los Guilicos. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Los Guilicos 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 Los Guilicos. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Los Guilicos:

  • Sonoma County     (The home county of Los Guilicos)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Los Guilicos, with the one closest to Los Guilicos listed first.
    • Kenwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Melita
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Melita is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
    • Glen Ellen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Montgomery Village
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Montgomery Village is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Village
    • Eldridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bellevue
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Bellevue is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Roseland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Roseland is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • Santa Rosa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Fetters Hot Springs - Agua Caliente
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rohnert Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • South Santa Rosa
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • South Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Santa Rosa
    • Boyes Hot Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Los Guilicos, with the one closest to Los Guilicos listed first.
    • Middletown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Hidden Valley Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
    • Pine Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Pine Grove is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Cobb
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Glenbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • Marin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Los Guilicos, with the one closest to Los Guilicos listed first.
    • Tomales
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Black Point - Green Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Novato
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Old Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Old Town is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
    • Hamlet
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Hamlet is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
    • Ignacio
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ignacio is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ignacio
    • Rafael Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Rafael Village is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rafael Village
    • Dillon Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Marshall
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicks Cove
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Nicks Cove is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicks Cove
    • Nicasio
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Inverness
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Los Guilicos, with the one closest to Los Guilicos listed first.
    • Rutherford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Saint Helena
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Deer Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Calistoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Woodleaf
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
    • Yountville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Angwin
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pope Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Union
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Union is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Napa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Merazo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Merazo is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Los Guilicos, with the one closest to Los Guilicos listed first.
    • Green Valley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Guadalcanal Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Guadalcanal Village is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalcanal Village
    • Mankas Corner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
    • Mare Island ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mare Island is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mare Island
    • Vallejo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Los Guilicos ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Los Guilicos.

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 Los Guilicos - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pythian Home Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Thompson Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bennett Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Santa Rosa Calvary Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Eldridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldridge Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eldridge Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Eldridge.
  • Moke Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Stanley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ner Tamid Jewish Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Helena Public Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Helena Public Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Helena Public Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Saint Helena.
    • The St. Helena Public Cemetery has also been known as:
    • St. Helena Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #196296 <2>
  • Continue List   (73 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 Los Guilicos in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Los Guilicos.

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

  • Wildwood ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Wildwood is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
  • Melita
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Melita is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
  • Glen Ellen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Madrone ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Madrone is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
  • Yulupa ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Yulupa is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yulupa
  • Santa Rosa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rutherford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Saint Helena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Barro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Barro is located in Napa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barro
  • Cotati
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Penngrove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Bale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bale is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bale
    • Calistoga
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Stony Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point

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

Newspapers Published in Los Guilicos ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Los Guilicos.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Los Guilicos, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Los Guilicos.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Los Guilicos:

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 Los Guilicos, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Los Guilicos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.