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 Mills Orchard (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 Mills Orchard. 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 Mills Orchard ...
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.
While the name of this community is Mills Orchard, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Mills Orchard may originally have been Mill's Orchard.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Mills Orchard might be written as Mill Orchard.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Mills Orchard is located in Glenn 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 Glenn County: Butte, Colusa, Lake, Mendocino & Tehama.
Below are the counties that are near Mills Orchard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mills Orchard:
- Glenn County (The home county of Mills Orchard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Orchard, with the one closest to Mills Orchard listed first.
- Hamilton City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Capay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Capay is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
- Orland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Artois
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glenn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Willows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Butte City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Afton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Afton is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Newville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Elk Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Orchard, with the one closest to Mills Orchard listed first.
- Nord ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nord is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
- Chico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Durham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Ranch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Ranch is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ranch
- Irish Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Irish Town is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Town
- Paradise
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Richvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Nimshew
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Nimshew is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimshew
- De Sabla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- De Sabla is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Sabla
- Magalia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Paradise Pines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Paradise Pines is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Pines
- Colusa County
- Princeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tehama County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mills Orchard, with the one closest to Mills Orchard listed first.
- Kirkwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Vina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Los Molinos
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tehama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gerber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Flournoy
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Proberta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rancho Tehama Reserve
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rawson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rawson is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
- Paskenta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mills Orchard, see our County-by-County Page for Mills Orchard.
Cemeteries Near Mills Orchard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mills Orchard.
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 Mills Orchard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mills Orchard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mills Orchard, with the one closest to Mills Orchard listed first.
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Orland Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Orland Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Orland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7887 <3>
- Orland Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Monroeville Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Orland Masonic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orland Masonic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Orland Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the north of Orland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #511436 <3>
- Germantown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Cemetery
- The Germantown Cemetery has also been known as:
- Artois Cemetery
- German Town Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7844 <3>
- Pine Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Creek Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the northwest of Chico.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8268 <3>
- Martin Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mechoopda Indian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kirkwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kirkwood Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the south of Corning.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8095 <3>
- Dayton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dayton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Dayton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2144284 <3>
- Continue List (40 more) ...
- Chico Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chico Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Chico.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7900 <3>
- Glen Oaks Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Graves Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graves Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graves Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<4> to the northwest of Orland.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7996 <3>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Mills Orchard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mills Orchard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mills Orchard, with the one closest to Mills Orchard listed first.
- Nord ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nord is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
- Anita
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Anita is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
- Orland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cana is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cana
- Kirkwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
- Jacinto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jacinto is located in Glenn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Chico
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Vina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Corning
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Durham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Willows
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Richfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Richfield is located in Tehama County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Butte City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tehama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Nelson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mills Orchard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mills Orchard.
Newspapers Published in Mills Orchard ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mills Orchard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mills Orchard, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mills Orchard.
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 Mills Orchard:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Glenn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- Colusa County
- Tehama 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mills Orchard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Mills Orchard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |