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 Malby Crossing (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 Malby Crossing. 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 Malby Crossing ...
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 Malby Crossing: Malby Xing.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Malby Crossing is located in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County: Amador, Contra Costa, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Malby Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Malby Crossing:
- Sacramento County (The home county of Malby Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Malby Crossing, with the one closest to Malby Crossing listed first.
- Prairie City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- Folsom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
- Folsom has also been known as:
- Folsom City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
- Mormon Island ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mormon Island is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Island
- Natoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Natoma is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
- Folsom Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
- Represa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Represa is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Represa
- Rancho Murieta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Orangevale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gold River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sloughhouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Oaks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rancho Cordova
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mather
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malby Crossing, with the one closest to Malby Crossing listed first.
- May ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Plymouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Drytown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- River Pines
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Amador City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fiddletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Ione
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Sutter Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Camanche Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Jackson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calaveras County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malby Crossing, with the one closest to Malby Crossing listed first.
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Big Bar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Wallace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Campo Seco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mokelumne Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malby Crossing, with the one closest to Malby Crossing listed first.
- Crescent Ridge Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clarksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- La Cresta Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- La Cresta Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cresta Village
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- Park Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Park Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Ridgeview Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridgeview Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview Village
- Oak Ridge Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge Village
- Crown Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Crown Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Village
- El Dorado Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Governors Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Governors Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Governors Village
- Saint Andrews Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Saint Andrews Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews Village
- Stonegate Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stonegate Village is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate Village
- Cameron Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Nevada County
- Lake of the Pines
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malby Crossing, with the one closest to Malby Crossing listed first.
- Granite Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roseville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Loomis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rocklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Penryn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newcastle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Auburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ophir
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Ophir is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Whitney ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Whitney is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
- North Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North Auburn is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Virginiatown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Virginiatown is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginiatown
- Bowman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- San Joaquin County
- Clements
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sutter County
- Pleasant Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Malby Crossing, with the one closest to Malby Crossing listed first.
- Broderick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Sacramento
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bryte
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clarksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Malby Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Malby Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Malby Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Malby Crossing.
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 Malby Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Malby Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Malby Crossing, with the one closest to Malby Crossing listed first.
- Clarksville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bryant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mormon Island Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Green Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Skinners.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641664 <2>
- Folsom Prison Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside Memorial Lawn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Michigan Bar Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jayhawk Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jayhawk Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Jayhawk
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8083 <2>
- Chinese Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mathew Kilgore Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (79 more) ...
- Fair Oaks Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- White Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvan Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Malby Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Malby Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Malby Crossing, with the one closest to Malby Crossing listed first.
- White Rock
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- White Rock is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Clarksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Latrobe
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Latrobe is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latrobe
- Folsom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
- Folsom has also been known as:
- Folsom City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <1>
- Natoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Natoma is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
- Alder Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alder Creek is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Creek
- Shingle Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Michigan Bar ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Michigan Bar is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bar
- Orangevale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salsbury ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Salsbury is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salsbury
- Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
- Forest Home ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Home is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Nashville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Nashville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- El Dorado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- May ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Malby Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Malby Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Malby Crossing ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Malby Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Malby Crossing, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Malby Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Malby Crossing:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Sacramento County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- Calaveras County
- El Dorado County
- Nevada County
- Placer County
- San Joaquin County
- Sutter County
- Yolo 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 Malby Crossing, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Malby Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |