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 Ludlow (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 Ludlow. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Ludlow is located in San Bernardino County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).

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

• San Bernardino County     (The home county of Ludlow)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Ludlow, with the one closest to Ludlow listed first.
  • Lavic ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavic
    • Lavic is located in San Bernardino County
  • Siberia ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
    • Siberia is located in San Bernardino County
  • Bagdad ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
    • Bagdad is located in San Bernardino County
  • Glasgow ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glasgow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
    • Glasgow is located in San Bernardino County
  • Afton ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Afton is located in San Bernardino County
  • Kerens ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerens
    • Kerens is located in San Bernardino County
  • Amboy
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
    • Amboy is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amboy <2>
  • Zzyzx
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zzyzx
    • Zzyzx is located in San Bernardino County
    • Former names for Zzyzx:
    • Camp Soda
    • Soda Springs
  • Saltus ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltus
    • Saltus is located in San Bernardino County
  • Newberry Springs
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry Springs
    • Newberry Springs is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newberry Springs <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Ludlow ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ludlow.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ludlow, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ludlow.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ludlow:

• Websites specific to California
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the California State Archives

• Pages specific to San Bernardino County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for California
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of California
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of San Bernardino County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of California
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of San Bernardino County

Cemeteries Near Ludlow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ludlow.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Ludlow Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ludlow Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Ludlow
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ludlow Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267561 <4>
• Bagdad Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bagdad Cemetery is located between<5> the communities of Ludlow and Amboy.  The cemetery lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the west of Amboy.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bagdad Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267496 <4>
• Delores Holland Burial Site
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Delores Holland Burial Site is located 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the northeast of Baker.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Delores Holland Burial Site
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2367182 <4>
• Amboy Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Amboy Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Amboy
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Amboy Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267480 <4>

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ludlow had railroad service and no post office.

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

• Ash Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ash Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash Hill
  • Ash Hill is located in San Bernardino County
• Lavic ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavic
  • Lavic is located in San Bernardino County
• Siberia ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siberia
  • Siberia is located in San Bernardino County
• Bagdad ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
  • Bagdad is located in San Bernardino County
• Amboy
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy
  • Amboy is located in San Bernardino County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amboy <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ludlow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/