Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Moran. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Moran to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Moran, please Contact Us.

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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 Moran (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 Moran. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Moran is historic, it would have been located within present day Lassen County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lassen County: Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama & Washoe (NV).

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

• Lassen County     (The home county of Moran)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
  • Termo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Termo
    • Termo is located in Lassen County
  • Ravendale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravendale
    • Ravendale is located in Lassen County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravendale <2>
  • Madeline
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madeline
    • Madeline is located in Lassen County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madeline <2>
  • Horse Lake ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Lake
    • Horse Lake is located in Lassen County
  • Antelope ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Antelope. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
    • Antelope is located in Lassen County
  • Karlo ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Karlo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karlo
    • Karlo is located in Lassen County
    • Former name for Karlo:
    • Secret
• Modoc County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Moran, with the one closest to Moran listed first.
  • Likely
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Likely
    • Likely is located in Modoc County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Likely <2>
  • McArthur
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McArthur have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
    • McArthur is located in Modoc County
  • Cantrall Mill ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantrall Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantrall Mill
    • Cantrall Mill is located in Modoc County

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

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 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 Moran:

• Websites specific to California
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the California State Archives

• Pages specific to Lassen County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Modoc County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for California
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of California
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of Lassen County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of California
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of California
  • Cemeteries of Lassen County

Cemeteries Near Moran ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moran.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

• Ravendale Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ravendale Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237923 <5>
• Dry Valley Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dry Valley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7937 <5>
• Madeline Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Madeline Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • The Madeline Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Madaline Cemetery
  • Madeleine Cemetery
  • Madieline Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Madeline Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237969 <5>
• Ash Valley Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ash Valley Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ash Valley Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2182397 <5>
• Likely Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Likely Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Likely.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Likely Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8111 <5>

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.

While we didn't find Moran in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moran.

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

• Madeline
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madeline
  • Madeline is located in Lassen County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madeline <2>
• Shumway
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shumway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumway
  • Shumway is located in Lassen County
• Hayden Hill ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hayden Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Hill
  • Hayden Hill is located in Lassen County
• Likely
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Likely
  • Likely is located in Modoc County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Likely <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lassen County: www.co.lassen.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/