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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 Moreland Mill (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 Moreland Mill. 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 Moreland Mill ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Moreland Mill: Moreland Ml. (or less commonly used: Moreland Mll.)

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 and doctors 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.

Moreland Mill is located in Kern 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 Kern County: Inyo, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare & Ventura.

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

  • Kern County     (The home county of Moreland Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moreland Mill, with the one closest to Moreland Mill listed first.
    • Claraville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Claraville is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claraville
    • Piute ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Piute is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piute
    • Sageland ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Sageland is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageland
    • Squirrel Mountain Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mountain Mesa
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • South Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • South Lake is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
    • Bodfish
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver City ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver City is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Havilah
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Havilah is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havilah
    • Bella Vista
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bella Vista is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bella Vista
    • Lake Isabella
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Isabella ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Isabella is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
  • Tulare County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moreland Mill, with the one closest to Moreland Mill listed first.
    • South Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • South Lake is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lake
    • Panorama Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Panorama Heights is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Heights
    • Poso Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Poso Park is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poso Park
    • Posey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Sugarloaf Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sugarloaf Village is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Village
    • Roads End ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Roads End is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roads End
      • Former name for Roads End:
      • Pascoe's Pack Station
      • Roads End has also been known as:
      • Roads End Resort
    • Pine Flat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Flat is located in Tulare County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flat

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

Cemeteries Near Moreland Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moreland Mill.

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 Moreland Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Williams Gravesite
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sageland Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Old Havilah Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Havilah Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Havilah Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Havilah
    • The Old Havilah Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Havilah Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1982323 <2>
  • Pauls Place Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Palmer Family Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Keyesville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rankin Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Onyx Indian Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onyx Indian Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Onyx Indian Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Onyx.
    • The Onyx Indian Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Indian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8065 <2>
  • Kern River Valley Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kern River Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Kern River Valley Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville.  The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the northeast of Wofford Heights.
    • The Kern River Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Kernville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8092 <2>
  • Cottage Grove Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Josie Bishop Gravesite
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...

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

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

  • Havilah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Havilah is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havilah
  • Weldon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Onyx
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kernville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Caliente
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bealville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bealville is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bealville
  • Rowen
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Rowen is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowen
  • Keene
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Girard ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Girard is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
  • Tehachapi
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Freeman ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Freeman is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman

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

Newspapers Published in Moreland Mill ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moreland Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moreland Mill, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moreland Mill.

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 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 Moreland Mill:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Wofford Heights and Kernville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Moreland Mill) 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 Moreland Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.