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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 Robles Estates (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 Robles Estates. 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 Los Robles Estates ...

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 Los Robles Estates: Los Robles Ests.

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 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 Robles Estates is located in Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Los Robles Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Los Robles Estates, with the one closest to Los Robles Estates listed first.
    • Buckeye
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Buckeye is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Newtown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Redding
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pine Grove ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Grove is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Whitehouse ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitehouse is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
    • Kilna ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Kilna is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilna
    • Waugh ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Waugh is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
    • Churntown ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Churntown is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churntown
      • Former name for Churntown:
      • One Wagon Town
    • Project City ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Project City is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Project City
    • Canon City ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Canon City is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
    • Enterprise
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Loomis Corners ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Loomis Corners is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis Corners
    • Keswick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Keswick is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keswick
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Los Robles Estates, with the one closest to Los Robles Estates listed first.
    • Hooker
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Hooker is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Bend
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bend is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
    • Dales
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dales is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
    • Manton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Los Robles Estates, with the one closest to Los Robles Estates listed first.
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
    • Lewiston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Minersville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Minersville is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
    • Douglas City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Trinity Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Weaverville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Los Robles Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Los Robles Estates.

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 Robles Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Buckeye
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Buckeye is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Redding
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Waugh ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Waugh is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hart is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Hart has also been known as:
    • Hart Village
    • Hart's Camp
  • Shasta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Copley ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Copley is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
    • Former name for Copley:
    • Motion
  • Girvan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Girvan is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
  • Kennett ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Kennett is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
  • Morley ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Morley is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
  • Igo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Millville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mabel ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Mabel is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Olinda
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Olinda is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
    • Anderson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Anderson is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
      • Former name for Anderson:
      • American Ranch
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <1>
    • Baird ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Baird is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird

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

Newspapers Published in Los Robles Estates ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Los Robles Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Los Robles Estates, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Los Robles Estates.

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 Robles Estates:

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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Los Robles Estates) 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 Los Robles Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.