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 Lyman Springs (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 Lyman Springs. 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 Lyman Springs ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lyman Springs: Lyman Spgs. (or less commonly used: Lyman Spngs. or Lyman Sprngs.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Lyman Springs is located in Tehama 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 Tehama County: Butte, Glenn, Mendocino, Plumas, Shasta & Trinity.
Below are the counties that are near Lyman Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lyman Springs:
- Tehama County (The home county of Lyman Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman Springs, with the one closest to Lyman Springs listed first.
- Dantuma Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dantuma Place is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantuma Place
- Paynes Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mineral
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Manton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dales
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dales is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
- Bend
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bend is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
- Gerber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Los Molinos
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Proberta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Red Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tehama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman Springs, with the one closest to Lyman Springs listed first.
- Butte Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Inskip ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inskip is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
- Powellton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Powellton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
- Forest Ranch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
- Stirling City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman Springs, with the one closest to Lyman Springs listed first.
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Longville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Longville is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longville
- Lake Almanor West
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Almanor West is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Almanor West
- Lake Almanor West has also been known as:
- Almanor West
- Shasta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lyman Springs, with the one closest to Lyman Springs listed first.
- Shingletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Viola ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Midway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Inwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Inwood is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Manzanita Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manzanita Lake is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita Lake
- Fleaville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fleaville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleaville
- Battle Creek ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Battle Creek is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle Creek
- Clarkville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Clarkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
- Eudora Colony ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Eudora Colony is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora Colony
- Whitmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Parkville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Basin Hollow ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Basin Hollow is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Hollow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lyman Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Lyman Springs.
Cemeteries Near Lyman Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lyman Springs.
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 Lyman Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lyman Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lyman Springs, with the one closest to Lyman Springs listed first.
- Cameron - Davis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plateau Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Klotz Family Pioneer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ogburn Inwood Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Butte Meadows Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitmore Evangelical Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Whitmore Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fern Pioneer Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Parkville Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Parkville Pioneer Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Major Pierson B. Reading Family Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Inskip Pioneer Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vina Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vina Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vina Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Vina.
- The Vina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carter Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7884 <2>
- IOOF Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Lyman Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lyman Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lyman Springs, with the one closest to Lyman Springs listed first.
- Lyonsville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lyonsville is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsville
- Paynes Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Manton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shingletown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Inwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Inwood is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Butte Meadows
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
- Inskip ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Inskip is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inskip
- Red Bluff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rawson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Proberta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tehama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Millville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cottonwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Powellton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Powellton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lyman Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lyman Springs.
Newspapers Published in Lyman Springs ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lyman Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lyman Springs, 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 Lyman Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Lyman Springs:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Tehama County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- Plumas County
- Shasta 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- Lyman Springs) 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 Lyman Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |