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 Meins Landing (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 Meins Landing. 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 Meins Landing ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Meins Landing: Meins Lndg. (or less commonly used: Meins Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Meins Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Meins Landing may originally have been Mein's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Meins Landing might be written as Mein Landing.
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 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.
Meins Landing is located in Solano 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 Solano County: Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Sonoma & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Meins Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Meins Landing:
- Solano County (The home county of Meins Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Birds Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Denverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- Solano City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Solano City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solano City
- Travis Field
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Travis Field is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
- Suisun City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rio Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Elmira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mankas Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mankas Corner is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankas Corner
- Benicia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alameda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Canyon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montclair
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Montclair is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
- Normandy Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Normandy Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
- Rochedale Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rochedale Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochedale Village
- Albany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berkeley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- University Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- University Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- San Ramon Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- San Ramon Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ramon Village
- Laurel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Piedmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Berkeley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Berkeley is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berkeley
- Former name for South Berkeley:
- Lorin
- Allendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allendale is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Contra Costa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Pittsburg is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsburg
- Bay Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Port Chicago ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Port Chicago is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Chicago
- Antioch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Empire ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Empire is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Clyde
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clyde is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Avon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avon is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Clayton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Concord
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Hill is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Hill
- Mountain View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Napa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- American Canyon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lombard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lombard is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- Middleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Suscol ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- 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 northwest)
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Merazo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Merazo is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
- Redbud Park ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Redbud Park is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbud Park
- Yountville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Isleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ryde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Vorden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vorden is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorden
- Locke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Locke is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Walnut Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Courtland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Laguna West - Lakeside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Terminous
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Terminous is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminous
- Mokelumne City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mokelumne City is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokelumne City
- Thornton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Taison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Taison is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
- Holt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sonoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Wingo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wingo is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- McGill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- McGill is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Sears Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
- Vineburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Greendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Greendale is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Winters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clarksburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Davis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- El Macero
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Meins Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Meins Landing.
Cemeteries Near Meins Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Meins Landing.
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 Meins Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Meins Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- The Holy Cross Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holly Cross Cemetery
- New Holy Cross Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oak View Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suisun - Fairfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stephen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rockville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Benicia City Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benicia City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Benicia City Cemetery is located in Benicia.
- Military Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (40 more) ...
- Vacaville - Elmira Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Alhambra Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <3>
- Catholic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Meins Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Meins Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Meins Landing, with the one closest to Meins Landing listed first.
- Birds Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Collinsville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Collinsville is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Denverton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- McAvoy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McAvoy is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAvoy
- Bay Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cornwall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cornwall is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
- Suisun City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <2>
- Teal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Teal is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teal
- Vanden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vanden is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanden
- Antioch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Avon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avon is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Rio Vista
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Nortonville ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nortonville is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nortonville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Meins Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meins Landing.
Newspapers Published in Meins Landing ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Meins Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Meins Landing, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Meins Landing.
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 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 Meins Landing:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Solano County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alameda County
- Contra Costa County
- Napa County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- Sonoma County
- Yolo County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Meins Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Meins Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |