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 Old Forbestown (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 Old Forbestown. 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.
Old Forbestown is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.
Below are the counties that are near Old Forbestown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Old Forbestown:
- Butte County (The home county of Old Forbestown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Forbestown, with the one closest to Old Forbestown listed first.
- Forbestown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evansville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evansville is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Robinson Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
- Feather Falls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oroleve
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oroleve is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
- Clipper Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- South Fork ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- South Fork is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- Bidwell Bar ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bidwell Bar is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell Bar
- Berry Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bidwell ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bidwell is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell
- Brush Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Bangor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Forbestown, with the one closest to Old Forbestown listed first.
- North San Juan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Birchville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Birchville is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
- Bridgeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- North Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- North Columbia is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
- Lake Wildwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
- Rough and Ready
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Nevada City Rancheria
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Bitney Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
- Blue Tent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Tent is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Tent
- Glenbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Gold Flat
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
- Plumas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Forbestown, with the one closest to Old Forbestown listed first.
- La Porte
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Little Grass Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Little Grass Valley is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Grass Valley
- Bucks Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bucks Lake is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Lake
- Storrie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tobin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tobin is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
- Meadow Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Silver Creek is located in Plumas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Santa Cruz County
- Live Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Forbestown, with the one closest to Old Forbestown listed first.
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Brandy City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
- Queen City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Queen City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Goodyears Bar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Forest is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Alleghany
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Downieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gibsonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonville is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonville
- Poker Flat
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Poker Flat is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poker Flat
- Sutter County
- Live Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Live Oak is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Old Forbestown, with the one closest to Old Forbestown listed first.
- Brownsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Challenge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rackerby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strawberry Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
- Dobbins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Oregon House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Camptonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Loma Rica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
- Iowa City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa City is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Old Forbestown, see our County-by-County Page for Old Forbestown.
Cemeteries Near Old Forbestown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Old Forbestown.
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 Old Forbestown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Old Forbestown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Old Forbestown, with the one closest to Old Forbestown listed first.
- Brownsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brownsville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Upham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Strawberry Valley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Madrone Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bangor Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bangor Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Bangor.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220275 <2>
- Camptonville Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brandy City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Oregon City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (56 more) ...
- Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oroville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8154 <2>
- Pioneer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Thompson Flat Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
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 Old Forbestown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Old Forbestown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Old Forbestown, with the one closest to Old Forbestown listed first.
- Forbestown
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Brownsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Enterprise ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Enterprise is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Hurleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hurleton is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
- Clipper Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Strawberry Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Wyandotte
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandotte is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
- Bangor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brush Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brush Creek is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Dobbins
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oregon House
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Camptonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North San Juan
(14 miles [22.5 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 Old Forbestown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Old Forbestown.
Newspapers Published in Old Forbestown ...
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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Forbestown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Old Forbestown, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Old Forbestown.
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 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 Old Forbestown:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Butte County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Nevada County
- Plumas County
- Santa Cruz County
- Sierra County
- Sutter County
- Yuba County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for California
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 from Point A (ie- Old Forbestown) 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 Old Forbestown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |