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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 New Auberry (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 New Auberry. 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 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 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.

New Auberry is located in Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of New Auberry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Auberry, with the one closest to New Auberry listed first.
    • Auberry
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Meadow Lakes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
    • Prather
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Pineridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Pineridge is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
    • Tollhouse
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sentinel ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
    • Dora Belle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
    • Shaver Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Friant
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bretz Mill
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bretz Mill is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Mill
    • Big Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Former names for Big Creek:
      • Big Creek Flats
      • Cascada
      • Manzanita Park
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
    • Huntington Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Madera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from New Auberry, with the one closest to New Auberry listed first.
    • North Fork
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Millerton ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Millerton is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • O'Neals
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Wishon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Wishon is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
    • The Pines
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
    • Bass Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Coarsegold
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Yosemite Lakes Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
      • Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
      • Yosemite Lakes
    • Oakhurst
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Yosemite Forks
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
    • Ahwahnee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bonadelle Ranchos - Madera Ranchos
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Mariposa County
    • Fish Camp
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest

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

Cemeteries Near New Auberry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Auberry.

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 New Auberry - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Big Sandy Rancheria Tribal Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Auberry Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tollhouse Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • North Fork Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Walker Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fine Gold Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Winchell Cove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchell Cove Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Winchell Cove Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Friant.
  • Winchell Cove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Watts Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Picayune Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Academy Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hughes Creek Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Oakhill Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Redbank Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Clovis Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Auberry
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Tollhouse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sentinel ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
  • Letcher ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Letcher is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
  • Grub Gulch ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grub Gulch is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grub Gulch
  • Knowles ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Knowles is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
  • Raymond
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Raymond is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Fresno
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sanger
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Muscatel
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Muscatel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
  • Lone Star
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Yokuts
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Herndon
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Herndon is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon

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

Newspapers Published in New Auberry ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Auberry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Auberry, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Auberry.

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 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 New Auberry:

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- New Auberry) 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 New Auberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.