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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 Mumbert Acres (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 Mumbert Acres. 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 hospitals 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.

Mumbert Acres is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Mumbert Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mumbert Acres, with the one closest to Mumbert Acres listed first.
    • Big Trees
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Pinebrook
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Arnold
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Dorrington
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fly-In Acres
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Meadowmont
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Camp Connell
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakemont Pines
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Big Trees Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
    • Avery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hathaway Pines
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Vista
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mumbert Acres, with the one closest to Mumbert Acres listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mumbert Acres, with the one closest to Mumbert Acres listed first.
    • Pioneer
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Electra ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Electra is located in Amador County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
    • Pine Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Volcano
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jackson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Martell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Sutter Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Fiddletown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Kit Carson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • River Pines
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Amador City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mumbert Acres, with the one closest to Mumbert Acres listed first.
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fair Play
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Aukum
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mumbert Acres, with the one closest to Mumbert Acres listed first.
    • Cedar Ridge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Long Barn
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sierra Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
    • Columbia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Twain Harte
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Cold Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bumblebee
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Bumblebee is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Columbia Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
    • Martinez
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez

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

Cemeteries Near Mumbert Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mumbert Acres.

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 Mumbert Acres - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Mountain Ranch Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Inedpendence Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Briseno Ranch Burial Ground
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vallecito Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Public Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Amador Memorial Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jesus Maria Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altaville Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Altaville Catholic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Altaville.
    • The Altaville Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Angels Camp Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2269483 <3>
  • Altaville Protestant Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Altaville Serbian Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catholic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Catholic Cemetery is located in Altaville.
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Lode Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lode Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lode Cemetery is located in Altaville.
    • Shaws Flat Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jewish Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Big Trees
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Avery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Murphys
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Douglas Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • West Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Glencoe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Rich Gulch
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
  • Angels Camp
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Sonora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Soulsbyville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • San Andreas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Mumbert Acres ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mumbert Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mumbert Acres, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mumbert Acres.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Mumbert Acres:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mumbert Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Mumbert Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.