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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 Muscoy (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 Muscoy. 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 doctors and 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.

Muscoy is located in San Bernardino 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 Bernardino County: La Paz (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside & Clark (NV).

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

  • San Bernardino County     (The home county of Muscoy)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Muscoy, with the one closest to Muscoy listed first.
    • Serrano Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Serrano Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serrano Village
    • San Bernardino
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rialto
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <1>
    • Arrowhead Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Arrowhead Springs is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
    • Colton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Colton is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <1>
    • West Colton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • West Colton is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Colton
    • Patton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cedarpines Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Devore Heights
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomington
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fontana
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Fontana is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216,173 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana <1>
    • Highland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Highland is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 55,696 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland <1>
    • Crestline
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Los Angeles County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Muscoy, with the one closest to Muscoy listed first.
    • Mount Baldy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Claremont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • La Verne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Pomona
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Pomona is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 149,212 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomona <1>
    • Big Pines
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Pines is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
    • San Dimas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Spadra
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Spadra is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spadra
    • Charter Oak
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Charter Oak is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charter Oak
    • Diamond Bar
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Falling Springs ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Falling Springs is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Springs
      • Former names for Falling Springs:
      • Cienega Canyon
      • Falling Springs Resort
      • Hedlees Resort
      • La Cienega
    • Glendora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Orange County
    • Beeks Place ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Beeks Place is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks Place
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Muscoy, with the one closest to Muscoy listed first.
    • Highgrove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Highgrove is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgrove
    • Rubidoux
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyslope
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sunnyslope is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
    • Bannockburn Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Bannockburn Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannockburn Village
    • Glen Avon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Glen Avon is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
    • De Anza Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • De Anza Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Anza Village
    • Jurupa Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jurupa Valley is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jurupa Valley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,745 people
    • Riverside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Ordway
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Ordway is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordway
    • Pedley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pedley is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedley
    • Mira Loma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Moreno Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Arlington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Arlington is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington

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

Cemeteries Near Muscoy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Muscoy.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Rialto
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <1>
  • San Bernardino
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Colton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Colton is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,661 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colton <1>
  • Arrowhead Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Arrowhead Springs is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
  • Grapeland ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Grapeland is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeland
  • Victoria
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Victoria is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Mound City ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • Lugonia ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
  • Etiwanda
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Declez
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Declez is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
  • Declezville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Declezville is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declezville
  • Redlands
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Redlands is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,271 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redlands <1>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Cajon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cajon is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cajon
    • Rochester
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Rochester is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
    • Mentone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Muscoy ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Muscoy.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Muscoy. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Muscoy and those printed in the larger area surrounding Muscoy.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4> of Muscoy.

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 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 Muscoy:

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 Muscoy, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Muscoy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.