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 Lytton Rancheria (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 Lytton Rancheria. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Lytton Rancheria is located in Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa County: Alameda, Marin, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin & Solano.
Below are the counties that are near Lytton Rancheria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lytton Rancheria:
- Contra Costa County (The home county of Lytton Rancheria)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- Rollingwood
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- San Pablo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Richmond Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Richmond Heights is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richmond Heights
- Richmond
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tara Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tara Hills is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Hills
- El Sobrante
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Easter Hill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Easter Hill Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter Hill Village
- El Cerrito
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Atchison Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Atchison Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchison Village
- Nystrom Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nystrom Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nystrom Village
- Bayview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bayview is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Gateley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gateley is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateley
- Alameda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- Albany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- University Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Berkeley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Normandy Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
- Rochedale Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rochedale Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochedale Village
- South Berkeley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Berkeley is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berkeley
- Former name for South Berkeley:
- Lorin
- Emeryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Oakland is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oakland
- Campbell Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Campbell Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Village
- Oakland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Montclair
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Montclair is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
- Piedmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Marin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- Fort McDowell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McDowell is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McDowell
- Tiburon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Cay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Paradise Cay is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cay
- San Quentin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belvedere
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bel Aire
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bel Aire is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Aire
- Sausalito
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Corte Madera
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenbrae
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Larkspur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- San Rafael
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Santa Venetia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Santa Venetia is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Venetia
- Napa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- American Canyon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Lombard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lombard is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- Merazo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Merazo is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
- Middleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Middleton is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Suscol ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Suscol is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suscol
- Suscol has also been known as:
- Soscol
- Susqual
- Napa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- San Francisco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- Chinatown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chinatown is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Sydney Town ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sydney Town is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydney Town
- San Francisco
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Amanico Ergina Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Amanico Ergina Village is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanico Ergina Village
- Friendship Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship Village is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Village
- Mission District
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mission District is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission District
- Doelger City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doelger City is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doelger City
- Golden Gate Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Gate Heights is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate Heights
- Stonestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stonestown is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonestown
- San Mateo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- Brisbane
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Daly City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Broadmoor Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Broadmoor Village is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor Village
- Westlake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westlake is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Colma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- South San Francisco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Broadmoor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Broadmoor is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
- San Bruno
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fairway Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fairway Park is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Park
- Millbrae
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pacifica
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Burlingame
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Solano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- Mare Island ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mare Island is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mare Island
- Guadalcanal Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Guadalcanal Village is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalcanal Village
- Vallejo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Benicia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Green Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Suisun City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Suisun City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suisun City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,305 people
- Suisun City has also been known as:
- Suisun
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Suisun City <1>
- Fairfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mankas Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
- Birds Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Denverton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- Sonoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- Sears Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
- McGill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- McGill is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Wingo ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Wingo is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Lakeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Vineburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Temelec
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Temelec is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temelec
- Sonoma
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- El Verano
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Petaluma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Boyes Hot Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fetters Hot Springs - Agua Caliente
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Eldridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lytton Rancheria, see our County-by-County Page for Lytton Rancheria.
Cemeteries Near Lytton Rancheria ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lytton Rancheria.
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 Lytton Rancheria - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lytton Rancheria covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Angels / St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- Holy Angels Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8327 <2>
- Rolling Hills Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sunset View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mission San Rafael Arcangel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fernwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alhambra Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alhambra Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Martinez.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7834 <2>
- Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- All Souls Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Souls Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the All Souls Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Vallejo.
- The All Souls Cemetery has also been known as:
- All Souls Catholic Cemetery
- Carquinez Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carquinez Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Carquinez Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Vallejo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7883 <2>
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincents Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincents Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Vallejo.
- The St. Vincents Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Vincent Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8342 <2>
- Continue List (75 more) ...
- Water Front Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8177 <2>
- San Francisco National Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the San Francisco National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in San Francisco.
- The San Francisco National Cemetery has also been known as:
- Post Cemetery
- Presidio Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8344 <2>
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 Lytton Rancheria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lytton Rancheria.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lytton Rancheria, with the one closest to Lytton Rancheria listed first.
- San Pablo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stege
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stege is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stege
- Sobrante
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sobrante is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobrante
- Pinole
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Berkeley
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Berkeley is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berkeley
- Berkeley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hilarita
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hilarita is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilarita
- Tiburon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Emeryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tormey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tormey is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tormey
- Selby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Selby is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selby
- San Quentin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- West Oakland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Oakland is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oakland
- Crockett
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alto
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lytton Rancheria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lytton Rancheria.
Newspapers Published in Lytton Rancheria ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lytton Rancheria.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lytton Rancheria, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lytton Rancheria.
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 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 Lytton Rancheria:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Contra Costa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alameda County
- Marin County
- Napa County
- San Francisco County
- San Mateo County
- Solano County
- Sonoma 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> | 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 Lytton Rancheria, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lytton Rancheria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |