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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 Oceana (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 Oceana. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

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

  • San Diego County     (The home county of Oceana)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oceana, with the one closest to Oceana listed first.
    • San Luis Rey
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Oceanside
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Ysidora ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ysidora is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysidora
    • Carlsbad
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Vista
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Vista is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <1>
    • Bonsall
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Las Flores ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Las Flores is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
    • Leucadia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lake San Marcos
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake San Marcos is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake San Marcos
    • DeLuz
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • DeLuz is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLuz
    • San Marcos
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lawrence Welk Resort Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Orange County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oceana, with the one closest to Oceana listed first.
    • San Clemente
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Capistrano Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Dana Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • San Juan Capistrano
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ladera Ranch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Coto de Caza
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverside County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oceana, with the one closest to Oceana listed first.
    • Rainbow Canyon Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Temecula
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Murrieta Hot Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Murrieta Hot Springs is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrieta Hot Springs
    • Murrieta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Wildomar
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Lakeland Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lakeland Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
    • Sedco Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Sedco Hills is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedco Hills
    • Dutch Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Dutch Village is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Village
    • Auld ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Auld is located in Riverside County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auld

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

Cemeteries Near Oceana ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oceana.

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

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

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

  • Eternal Hills Memorial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • San Luis Rey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • San Marcos Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Fallbrook Odd Fellows Community Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Olivenhain Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • Valley Center Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Oak Hill Memorial Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Pala Tribal Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Carmel Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pauma Valley Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • St. Bartholomew Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Temecula Public Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • El Camino Memorial Park
      (23 miles [37 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 Oceana in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oceana.

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

  • San Luis Rey
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Oceanside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Escondido Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Escondido Junction is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido Junction
  • Carlsbad
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Ysidora ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ysidora is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysidora
  • Buena Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Buena Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Vista is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <1>
  • Buena
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Buena is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena
  • Bonsall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Las Flores ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Las Flores is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
  • Leucadia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • San Marcos
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Twin Oaks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
    • DeLuz
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • DeLuz is located in San Diego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeLuz
    • Encinitas
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Oceana ...

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 130 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oceana.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oceana, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oceana.

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 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 Oceana:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oceana) 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 Oceana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.