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 Ramsey Crossing (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 Ramsey Crossing. 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 Ramsey Crossing ...
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 occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Ramsey Crossing: Ramsey Xing.
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 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.
Ramsey Crossing is located in Placer 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 Placer County: El Dorado, Nevada, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba, Carson City (NV), Douglas (NV) & Washoe (NV).
Below are the counties that are near Ramsey Crossing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ramsey Crossing:
- Placer County (The home county of Ramsey Crossing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey Crossing, with the one closest to Ramsey Crossing listed first.
- Greekstore
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greekstore is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greekstore
- Last Chance ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Last Chance is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Michigan Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
- Foresthill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yankee Jims
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
- Casa Loma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Casa Loma is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Loma
- Iowa Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Alta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dutch Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Secret Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Secret Town is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
- Big Bend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Big Bend is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Emigrant Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey Crossing, with the one closest to Ramsey Crossing listed first.
- Quintette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quintette is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quintette
- Fresh Pond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
- Pacific
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pacific is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Pollock Pines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Riverton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Riverton is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Georgetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- White Hall is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Sportsman Hall ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sportsman Hall is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sportsman Hall
- Fornis
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fornis is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
- Garden Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Camino
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kelsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
- Greenwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nevada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey Crossing, with the one closest to Ramsey Crossing listed first.
- Kingvale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Kingvale is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingvale
- You Bet ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- You Bet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
- Soda Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Chicago Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baltimore Town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
- Donner Lake Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Donner Lake Village is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Lake Village
- Donner Lake Village has also been known as:
- Donner Lake
- Donner Woods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Donner Woods is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Woods
- Scotts Flat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scotts Flat is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Flat
- Lake of the Pines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lake of the Pines is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake of the Pines
- Cedar Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kres is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kres
- Alta Sierra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Alta Sierra is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Sierra
- Shasta County
- Bear Valley ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ramsey Crossing, see our County-by-County Page for Ramsey Crossing.
Cemeteries Near Ramsey Crossing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ramsey Crossing.
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 Ramsey Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ramsey Crossing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ramsey Crossing, with the one closest to Ramsey Crossing listed first.
- Pioneer Grave
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Graves Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Deadwood Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Josephine Mine Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Foresthill Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Foresthill Community Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Georgetown Pioneer Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa Hill Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Spanish Dry Diggings Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dutch Flat Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Smith Flat Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Catholic Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- James Marshall Gravesite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
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 Ramsey Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ramsey Crossing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ramsey Crossing, with the one closest to Ramsey Crossing listed first.
- Michigan Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Michigan Bluff is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Bluff
- Westville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Westville is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Georgetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pacific
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pacific is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific
- Yankee Jims
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Yankee Jims is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Jims
- Garden Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kelsey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
- Bryants
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bryants is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants
- Blue Canyon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Canyon is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Canyon
- Towle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Towle is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towle
- Alta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cisco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cisco is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cisco
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Dutch Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emigrant Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ramsey Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ramsey Crossing.
Newspapers Published in Ramsey Crossing ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ramsey Crossing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ramsey Crossing, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ramsey Crossing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Ramsey Crossing:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Placer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- El Dorado County
- Nevada County
- Shasta 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ramsey Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Ramsey Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |