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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 Ramona Village (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 Ramona Village. 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 Ramona Village ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Ramona Village: Ramona Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Ramona Village is located in Riverside County.

To see how the shape of California's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Riverside County: La Paz (AZ), Imperial, Orange, San Bernardino & San Diego.

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

  • Riverside County     (The home county of Ramona Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ramona Village, with the one closest to Ramona Village listed first.
    • Anza
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Mountain Center
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Idyllwild
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pine Cove
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Alpine Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
      • Alpine Village is located in Riverside County
    • Pinyon Pines
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinyon Pines
      • Pinyon Pines is located in Riverside County
    • Sage
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
      • Sage is located in Riverside County
    • Valle Vista
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valle Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valle Vista
      • Valle Vista is located in Riverside County
    • Aguanga
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Hemet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hemet
      • East Hemet is located in Riverside County
    • Cathedral City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Palm Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • San Diego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ramona Village, with the one closest to Ramona Village listed first.
    • Oak Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oak Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
    • Holcomb Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holcomb Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcomb Village
      • Holcomb Village is located in San Diego County
    • Warner Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Palomar Mountain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pauma Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pala
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
      • Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
    • Ranchita
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchita
      • Ranchita is located in San Diego County
    • Rainbow
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
      • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
    • Borrego Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Ramona Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ramona Village.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Cahuilla Indian Reservation Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Radec Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bergman Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • San Jacinto Valley Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Jacinto Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Jacinto Valley Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Hemet.
    • The San Jacinto Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hemet Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #376454 <5>
  • Desert Memorial Park
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Palm Springs District Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palm Springs District Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palm Springs District Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Indian Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pauma Valley Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pauma Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pauma Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Moravian Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • San Gorgonio Memorial Park
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Sunnyslope Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyslope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunnyslope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Temecula Public Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temecula Public Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Temecula Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Temecula.
      • The Temecula Public Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Temecula Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1759791 <5>
    • St. Bartholomew Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Bartholomew Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Bartholomew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

While we didn't find Ramona Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ramona Village.

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

  • Idyllwild
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oak Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
    • Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
  • Banning
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pala
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rainbow
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
    • Rainbow is located in San Diego County
  • Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
    • Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
  • Ranchita
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchita
    • Ranchita is located in San Diego County
  • Murrieta
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Ramona Village ...

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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ramona Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ramona Village, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ramona Village.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Ramona Village:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ramona Village. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Riverside County: www.co.riverside.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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- Ramona Village) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ramona Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6057, Longitude: -116.6973       In this case, the coordinates for Ramona Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Ramona Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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