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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 North Elsinore (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 North Elsinore. 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 North Elsinore ...

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 North Elsinore: N. Elsinore

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 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.

North Elsinore is located in Riverside 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 Riverside County: La Paz (AZ), Imperial, Orange, San Bernardino & San Diego.

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

  • Riverside County     (The home county of North Elsinore)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Elsinore, with the one closest to North Elsinore listed first.
    • Lake Elsinore
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Meadowbrook
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
    • Lakeland Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Lakeland Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
    • Canyon Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Sedco Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Sedco Hills is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedco Hills
    • Quail Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Wildomar
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Menifee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Sun City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Perris
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Perris is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 79,011 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perris <1>
    • Romoland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Temescal
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Temescal is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temescal
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Elsinore, with the one closest to North Elsinore listed first.
    • Trabuco Canyon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Trabuco Highlands
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Trabuco Highlands is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trabuco Highlands
    • Coto de Caza
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rancho Santa Margarita
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Portola Hills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Portola Hills is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portola Hills
    • Silverado Canyon ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Silverado Canyon is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverado Canyon
    • Las Flores
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Las Flores is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
    • Modjeska
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Modjeska is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
    • Silverado
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Foothill Ranch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Beeks Place ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Beeks Place is located in Orange County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beeks Place
    • Ladera Ranch
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • San Bernardino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Elsinore, with the one closest to North Elsinore listed first.
    • Grand Terrace
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Bryn Mawr
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Loma Linda
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Mound City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
    • Southridge Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Southridge Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southridge Village
    • Bloomington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Colton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Plymouth Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Plymouth Village is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth Village
    • Redlands
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • West Colton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • West Colton is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Colton
    • Declez
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Declez is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
    • Lugonia ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lugonia is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lugonia
  • San Diego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Elsinore, with the one closest to North Elsinore listed first.
    • Fallbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Rainbow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
    • DeLuz
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • DeLuz is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLuz
    • San Onofre
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pala
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonsall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Las Flores ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Las Flores is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
    • Ysidora ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Ysidora is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysidora

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

Cemeteries Near North Elsinore ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Elsinore.

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 North Elsinore - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Elsinore Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Wildomar Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Menifee Valley Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Perris Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverside National Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Temecula Public Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temecula Public Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Temecula Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Temecula.
    • The Temecula Public Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Temecula Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1759791 <2>
  • Sunny Shope Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Olivewood Memorial Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • El Toro Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Crestlawn Memorial Park
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (30 more) ...
    • Evergreen Memorial Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Ascension Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fallbrook.
      • The Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Malsonic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8139 <2>

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

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

  • Murrieta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Modjeska
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Modjeska is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Modjeska
  • Riverside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Fallbrook
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Rainbow
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
  • DeLuz
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • DeLuz is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLuz
  • San Onofre
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Declezville
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Declezville is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declezville
  • Mound City ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Mound City is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound City
  • Irvine
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Redlands
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Victoria
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Victoria is located in San Bernardino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Colton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Declez
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Declez is located in San Bernardino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Declez
    • Pala
      (27 miles [43.5 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 North Elsinore. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Elsinore.

Newspapers Published in North Elsinore ...

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 109 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Elsinore.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Elsinore, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Elsinore.

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 North Elsinore:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Elsinore) 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 North Elsinore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.