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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 Morettis Junction (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 Morettis Junction. 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 Morettis Junction ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Morettis Junction: Morettis Jct. (or less commonly used: Morettis Jctn.)

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 and doctors 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.

Morettis Junction 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 Morettis Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morettis Junction:

  • San Diego County     (The home county of Morettis Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morettis Junction, with the one closest to Morettis Junction listed first.
    • Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
    • Warner Springs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Santa Ysabel
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Holcomb Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Holcomb Village is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcomb Village
    • Julian
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ranchita
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Ranchita is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchita
    • Palomar Mountain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • San Diego Country Estates
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Banner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Banner is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
    • Ramona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuyamaca ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cuyamaca is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamaca
    • Stonewall ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonewall is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Morettis Junction, with the one closest to Morettis Junction listed first.
    • Aguanga
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Anza
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Ramona Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ramona Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Village
    • Rainbow Canyon Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sage
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sage is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
    • Pinyon Pines
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Pinyon Pines is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinyon Pines

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

Cemeteries Near Morettis Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morettis Junction.

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 Morettis Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Julian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Bartholomew Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Oak Hill Memorial Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Pauma Valley Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley Center Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Bergman Family Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Radec Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Cahuilla Indian Reservation Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Pala Tribal Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Indian Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Dearborn Memorial Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • San Marcos Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
  • Santa Ysabel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Wynola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wynola is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynola
  • Ballena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ballena is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballena
  • Julian
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ranchita
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Ranchita is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchita
  • Oak Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Banner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Banner is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
  • San Pasqual
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • San Pasqual is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pasqual
  • Cuyamaca ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cuyamaca is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamaca
  • El Capitan ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • El Capitan is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Capitan
  • Valley Center
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Escondido
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pala
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Poway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Poway is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49,246 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poway <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Morettis Junction ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morettis Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morettis Junction, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morettis Junction.

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 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 Morettis Junction:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Morettis Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Morettis Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.