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 Paloma (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 Paloma. 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.
Paloma is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.
Below are the counties that are near Paloma. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Paloma:
- Calaveras County (The home county of Paloma)
- The following are listed by their distance from Paloma, with the one closest to Paloma listed first.
- Big Bar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Mokelumne Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
- Campo Seco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- San Andreas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Rancho Calaveras
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- Glencoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lost City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lost City is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Jenny Lind
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paloma, with the one closest to Paloma listed first.
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Martell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Electra ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Electra is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Sutter Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Amador City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Ione
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Camanche Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Pine Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Drytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Volcano
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Pioneer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paloma, with the one closest to Paloma listed first.
- Mount Aukum
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fair Play
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tiger Lily
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
- El Dorado
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
- Pleasant Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Valley is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Shingle Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Grizzly Flatx
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Cameron Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paloma, with the one closest to Paloma listed first.
- Rancho Murieta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Herald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sloughhouse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Galt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Galt is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
- Wilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paloma, with the one closest to Paloma listed first.
- Clements
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bellota
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Lockeford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peters
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Victor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holden ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Holden is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Trigo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Trigo is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trigo
- Walthal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walthal is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walthal
- Acampo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
- Stanislaus County
- Knights Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tuolumne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Paloma, with the one closest to Paloma listed first.
- Tuttletown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
- Columbia Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Village is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Village
- Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Martinez
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Martinez is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez
- Rawhide
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Squabbletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Squabbletown is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squabbletown
- Greenley Oaks
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
- Jamestown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
- East Sonora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
- Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Paloma, see our County-by-County Page for Paloma.
Cemeteries Near Paloma ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Paloma.
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 Paloma - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Paloma covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Paloma, with the one closest to Paloma listed first.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peoples Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jesus Maria Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
- New Protestant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Catholic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- IOOF Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
- Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (57 more) ...
- Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Ranch Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Paloma in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Paloma.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Paloma, with the one closest to Paloma listed first.
- Mokelumne Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Campo Seco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- San Andreas
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lancha Plana ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lancha Plana is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancha Plana
- Burson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rich Gulch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rich Gulch is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Gulch
- Camanche ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Camanche is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche
- Former names for Camanche:
- Clay's Bar
- Limerrick
- Sutter Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Amador City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glencoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ione
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Wallace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jenny Lind
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Paloma. See our List of 1890's Communities around Paloma.
Newspapers Published in Paloma ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Paloma.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Paloma, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Paloma.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Paloma:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Calaveras County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- El Dorado County
- Sacramento County
- San Joaquin County
- Stanislaus County
- Tuolumne 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> | 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 Paloma, 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' (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- Paloma) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |