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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 Point McCloud (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 Point McCloud. 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 Point McCloud ...

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 Point McCloud: Pt. McCloud

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Point McCloud is located in Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.

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

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Point McCloud)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point McCloud, with the one closest to Point McCloud listed first.
    • Antlers
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Antlers is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
    • Lakehead - Lakeshore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lakehead - Lakeshore is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakehead - Lakeshore
    • Lakehead
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lakeshore
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lakeshore is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
    • Pollock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Pollock is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
    • O'Brien
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Baird ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Baird is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
    • Bully Hill ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Bully Hill is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
    • Winthrop ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Winthrop is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
    • Sugarloaf
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sugarloaf is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf
    • Delta
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Delta is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
      • Former name for Delta:
      • Bayles
    • Copper City ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Copper City is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Elizabethtown is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
  • Siskiyou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point McCloud, with the one closest to Point McCloud listed first.
    • Dunsmuir
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Shasta Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Shasta Springs is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Springs
    • Cantara ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
    • McCloud
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Mount Shasta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Algoma ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Algoma is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Point McCloud, with the one closest to Point McCloud listed first.
    • Trinity Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Carrville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Carrville is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
    • Minersville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Minersville is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood

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

Cemeteries Near Point McCloud ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Point McCloud.

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 Point McCloud - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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

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

  • Baird ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Baird is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
  • Delta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Delta is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Former name for Delta:
    • Bayles
  • Mabel ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mabel is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
  • Ydaloom ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ydaloom is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ydaloom
  • Gibson ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Gibson is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
  • Lamoine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lamoine is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
    • Former names for Lamoine:
    • Slate Creek
    • Slatonis
  • Elmore ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elmore is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
  • Sims
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sims is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
  • Morley ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Morley is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
  • Kennett ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kennett is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
  • Montgomery Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Round Mountain
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dunsmuir
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Copley ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Copley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
      • Former name for Copley:
      • Motion
    • Hart ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hart is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
      • Hart has also been known as:
      • Hart Village
      • Hart's Camp

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

Newspapers Published in Point McCloud ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Point McCloud.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Point McCloud, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Point McCloud.

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 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 Point McCloud:

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