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 Peardale (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 Peardale. 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.
Peardale is located in Nevada 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 Nevada County: Placer, Sierra, Yuba & Washoe (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Peardale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peardale:
- Nevada County (The home county of Peardale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peardale, with the one closest to Peardale listed first.
- Kres
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kres is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
- Cedar Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Union Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Glenbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Grass Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Chicago Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Flat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
- Nevada City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Oaks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Oaks is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
- Alta Sierra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- You Bet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peardale, with the one closest to Peardale listed first.
- Clipper Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oroleve
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Oroleve is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oroleve
- Bangor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Evansville is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Forbestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
- Lumpkin ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lumpkin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Feather Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Honcut
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peardale, with the one closest to Peardale listed first.
- Greenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cool
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fornis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fornis is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
- Georgetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pilot Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Quintette
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Quintette is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Coloma
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lotus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kelsey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
- Gold Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gold Hill is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
- Salmon Falls ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Salmon Falls is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Falls
- Placer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peardale, with the one closest to Peardale listed first.
- Secret Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Secret Town is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Chicago Park ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chicago Park is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicago Park
- Gold Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dutch Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Iowa Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Weimar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Casa Loma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Casa Loma is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
- Applegate
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Meadow Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Yankee Jims
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
- Shasta County
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
- Sierra County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peardale, with the one closest to Peardale listed first.
- Alleghany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Brandy City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brandy City is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
- Goodyears Bar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Downieville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yuba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peardale, with the one closest to Peardale listed first.
- Smartville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dobbins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden Valley ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Garden Valley is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Bullards Bar ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bullards Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullards Bar
- Oregon House
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
- Camptonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Foster Bar ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Foster Bar is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Bar
- Depot Hill ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Depot Hill is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depot Hill
- Browns Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Challenge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Loma Rica
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peardale, see our County-by-County Page for Peardale.
Cemeteries Near Peardale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peardale.
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 Peardale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peardale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peardale, with the one closest to Peardale listed first.
- Elm Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Deer Creek Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Nevada City.
- The Deer Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Odd Fellows Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2400769 <2>
- Forest View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenwood Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Colfax Indian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Colfax Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rough & Ready Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dutch Flat Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flat Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dutch Flat Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Alta
- Continue List (52 more) ...
- Iowa Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Grove Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kneebone Family Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Peardale in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peardale.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peardale, with the one closest to Peardale listed first.
- Kres
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kres is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
- Buena Vista ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Union Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Chicago Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Nevada City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- You Bet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
- Colfax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gold Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rough and Ready
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dutch Flat
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Weimar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Towle
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Towle is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towle
- Alta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wolf
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peardale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peardale.
Newspapers Published in Peardale ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peardale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peardale, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peardale.
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 helpful 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 Peardale:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Nevada County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butte County
- El Dorado County
- Placer County
- Shasta County
- Sierra 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> | 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 Peardale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Peardale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |