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 Randall (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 Randall. 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 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.
Randall is located in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County: Amador, Contra Costa, Placer, San Joaquin, Solano, Sutter & Yolo.
Below are the counties that are near Randall. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Randall:
- Sacramento County (The home county of Randall)
- The following are listed by their distance from Randall, with the one closest to Randall listed first.
- Hood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Courtland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Vorden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Vorden is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vorden
- Laguna West - Lakeside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Locke is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
- Laguna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Laguna is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna
- Ryde
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Freeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Elk Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Arno ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arno is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- McConnel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McConnel is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
- Amador County
- The following are listed by their distance from Randall, with the one closest to Randall listed first.
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- May ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Camanche Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Contra Costa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Randall, with the one closest to Randall listed first.
- Bethel Island
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oakley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Knightsen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Antioch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bixler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bixler is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Empire ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Empire is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
- Pittsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Brentwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Discovery Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Pittsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Pittsburg is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pittsburg
- Placer County
- Riego
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Riego is located in Placer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riego
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Randall, with the one closest to Randall listed first.
- Mokelumne City ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mokelumne City is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mokelumne City
- Thornton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taison is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
- Terminous
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Terminous is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminous
- North Woodbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
- Acampo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- South Woodbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- South Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbridge
- Woodbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson Village is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Village
- Lodi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
- Victor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lockeford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Clements
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Solano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Randall, with the one closest to Randall listed first.
- Oxford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Rio Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Batavia
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Batavia is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
- Solano City ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Solano City is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solano City
- Elmira
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Denverton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Denverton is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denverton
- Cannon ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cannon is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
- Leisure Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leisure Town is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
- Travis Field
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Travis Field is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travis Field
- Birds Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Allendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Allendale is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale
- Hartley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hartley is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartley
- Yolo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Randall, with the one closest to Randall listed first.
- Greendale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greendale is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Clarksburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Sacramento
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- El Macero
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swingle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Swingle is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swingle
- Broderick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bryte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Davis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plainfield is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Winters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yolo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Randall, see our County-by-County Page for Randall.
Cemeteries Near Randall ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Randall.
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 Randall - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Randall covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Randall, with the one closest to Randall listed first.
- Franklin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South East Lawn Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- San Joaquin Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hicksville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Home of Peace Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sacramento Memorial Lawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elder Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tremont Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Galt - Arno Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- Sacramento County Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Masonic Lawn Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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 Randall in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Randall.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Randall, with the one closest to Randall listed first.
- Courtland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Freeport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Elk Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Arno ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Arno is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- McConnel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- McConnel is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
- Taison
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taison is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taison
- Maine Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Maine Prairie is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Prairie
- Florin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Florin is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Isleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Galt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Galt is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
- Rio Vista
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perkins is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Randall. See our List of 1890's Communities around Randall.
Newspapers Published in Randall ...
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 177 newspapers that have been published in the area around Randall.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Randall, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Randall.
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 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 Randall:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Sacramento County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Amador County
- Contra Costa County
- Placer County
- San Joaquin County
- Solano County
- Yolo 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> | 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 Randall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Randall) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |