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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 Monserate (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 Monserate. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Monserate is located in San Diego 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 San Diego County: Imperial, Orange & Riverside.

Below are the counties that are near Monserate. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monserate:

  • San Diego County     (The home county of Monserate)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monserate, with the one closest to Monserate listed first.
    • Bonsall
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Fallbrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • DeLuz
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • DeLuz is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLuz
    • Rainbow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
    • Pala
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hidden Meadows
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hidden Meadows is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
    • Vista
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Vista is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <1>
    • San Luis Rey
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Valley Center
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ysidora ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ysidora is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysidora
    • Pauma Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monserate, with the one closest to Monserate listed first.
    • San Clemente
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Coto de Caza
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ladera Ranch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Trabuco Highlands
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Trabuco Highlands is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trabuco Highlands
    • Capistrano Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Las Flores
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Las Flores is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
    • Dana Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • San Juan Capistrano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Monserate, with the one closest to Monserate listed first.
    • Rainbow Canyon Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lake Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Temecula
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Murrieta Hot Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Murrieta Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrieta Hot Springs
    • Murrieta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Dutch Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Dutch Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
    • Wildomar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Auld ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Auld is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auld
    • Aguanga
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sedco Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Sedco Hills is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedco Hills
    • Sage
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sage is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
    • Lakeland Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeland Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monserate, see our County-by-County Page for Monserate.

Cemeteries Near Monserate ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monserate.

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 Monserate - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monserate covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monserate, with the one closest to Monserate listed first.

  • Fallbrook Odd Fellows Community Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fallbrook.
    • The Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Malsonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8139 <2>
  • Indian Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pala Tribal Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • San Luis Rey Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley Center Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pauma Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Temecula Public Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temecula Public Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Temecula Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Temecula.
    • The Temecula Public Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Temecula Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1759791 <2>
  • Eternal Hills Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • San Marcos Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Bartholomew Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Oak Hill Memorial Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Indian Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Radec Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

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 Monserate in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Monserate.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Monserate, with the one closest to Monserate listed first.

  • Bonsall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fallbrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • DeLuz
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • DeLuz is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLuz
  • Rainbow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
  • Pala
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Vista
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <1>
  • Buena Vista
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Buena Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • San Luis Rey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Buena
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Buena is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena
  • Twin Oaks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
  • Ysidora ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ysidora is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysidora
  • Valley Center
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • San Marcos
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Oceanside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Escondido Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Escondido Junction is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido Junction

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monserate. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monserate.

Newspapers Published in Monserate ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monserate.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monserate, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monserate.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Monserate:

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 Monserate, 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 from Point A (ie- Monserate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.