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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 Rancho Poquitos (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 Rancho Poquitos. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Rancho Poquitos is located in Tuolumne 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 Tuolumne County: Alpine, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono & Stanislaus.

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

  • Tuolumne County     (The home county of Rancho Poquitos)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Poquitos, with the one closest to Rancho Poquitos listed first.
    • Soulsbyville
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mono Vista
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Mono Vista is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Vista
    • Standard
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Peaceful Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Peaceful Valley is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
    • Tuolumne Rancheria
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Tuolumne Rancheria is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne Rancheria
    • Tuolumne City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Tuolumne City is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
    • Tuolumne
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mono Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Mono Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Village
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • East Sonora
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • East Sonora is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sonora
    • Greenley Oaks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Greenley Oaks is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenley Oaks
  • Calaveras County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Poquitos, with the one closest to Rancho Poquitos listed first.
    • Melones ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Melones is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melones
    • Douglas Flat
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Vallecito
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Vista
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Vista is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Vista
    • Forest Meadows
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Forest Meadows is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Meadows
    • Murphys
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Avery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Hathaway Pines
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Angels City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
    • Angels
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Angels is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
    • Angels Camp
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Altaville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mariposa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Poquitos, with the one closest to Rancho Poquitos listed first.
    • Coulterville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Dogtown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dogtown is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Bagby ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bagby is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagby
    • Bear Valley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Bear Valley is located in Mariposa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Stanislaus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rancho Poquitos, with the one closest to Rancho Poquitos listed first.
    • Knights Ferry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • La Grange
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Rancho Poquitos ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rancho Poquitos.

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 Rancho Poquitos - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Carter's Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carter's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Tuolumne.
    • The Carter's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tuolumne City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1103592 <2>
  • Tuolumne Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cherokee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherokee Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cherokee Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Tuolumne.
    • The Cherokee Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Arastraville Cemetery
    • Cherokee Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2216200 <2>
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Shadow Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jewish Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora Hebrew Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sonora Hebrew Cemetery is located in Sonora.
    • The Sonora Hebrew Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Jewish Cemetery
  • Sonora City Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Shaws Flat Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jamestown Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Public Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Stent Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stent Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Stent Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Stent
      • The Stent Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Poverty Hill Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2229117 <2>

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

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

  • Soulsbyville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Tuolumne
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Sonora
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jamestown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Columbia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tuttletown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Tuttletown is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttletown
  • Groveland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Chinese Camp
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Oak Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Douglas Flat
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Murphys
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Avery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Angels Camp
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sheep Ranch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Coulterville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Rancho Poquitos ...

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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rancho Poquitos.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rancho Poquitos, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rancho Poquitos.

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 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 Rancho Poquitos:

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- Rancho Poquitos) 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 Rancho Poquitos, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.