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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 Punta De Los Reyes (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 Punta De Los Reyes. 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 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.

Punta De Los Reyes is located in Marin 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 Marin County: Contra Costa, San Francisco & Sonoma.

Below are the counties that are near Punta De Los Reyes. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Punta De Los Reyes:

  • Marin County     (The home county of Punta De Los Reyes)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Punta De Los Reyes, with the one closest to Punta De Los Reyes listed first.
    • Inverness
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Millerton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Millerton is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Point Reyes Station
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Olema
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Marshall
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Tocaloma
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Tocaloma is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocaloma
    • Nicks Cove
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Nicks Cove is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicks Cove
    • Five Brooks
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Five Brooks is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Brooks
    • Hamlet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hamlet is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
    • Lagunitas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Nicasio
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Shafter
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Shafter is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
    • Forest Knolls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Contra Costa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Punta De Los Reyes, with the one closest to Punta De Los Reyes listed first.
    • Point Richmond
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Atchison Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Atchison Village is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchison Village
    • Sobrante
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sobrante is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobrante
  • San Francisco County
    • Doelger City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Doelger City is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doelger City
  • Sonoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Punta De Los Reyes, with the one closest to Punta De Los Reyes listed first.
    • Bloomfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Valley Ford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Petaluma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Stony Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Bodega Bay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Bodega
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Ely ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ely is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Freestone
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Cotati
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
    • Penngrove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Salmon Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Salmon Creek is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Creek
    • Rohnert Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Punta De Los Reyes ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Punta De Los Reyes.

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 Punta De Los Reyes - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Punta De Los Reyes, with the one closest to Punta De Los Reyes listed first.

  • Olema Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Taylors Grave Site
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Tomales Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Two Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomfield Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloomfield Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomfield.
  • Bodega Bay Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Bodega Calvary Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodega Calvary Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bodega Calvary Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Bodega.
  • Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • B'nai Israel Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Petaluma Calvary Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Cypress Hill Memorial Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (32 more) ...
    • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Valley Memorial Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Canfield Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

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 Punta De Los Reyes in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Punta De Los Reyes.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Punta De Los Reyes, with the one closest to Punta De Los Reyes listed first.

  • Millerton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Millerton is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
  • Point Reyes Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Olema
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Marshall
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Tocaloma
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Tocaloma is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocaloma
  • Taylorville ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Taylorville is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
  • Hamlet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hamlet is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
  • Nicasio
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Tomales
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • San Geronimo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Bolinas
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Valley Ford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Bloomfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Fairfax
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Novato
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Punta De Los Reyes ...

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 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Punta De Los Reyes.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Punta De Los Reyes, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Punta De Los Reyes.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Punta De Los Reyes:

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 Punta De Los Reyes, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Punta De Los Reyes) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.