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 Rinckel (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 Rinckel. 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.
Rinckel is located in Shasta 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 Shasta County: Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Siskiyou, Tehama & Trinity.
Below are the counties that are near Rinckel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rinckel:
- Shasta County (The home county of Rinckel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rinckel, with the one closest to Rinckel listed first.
- Big Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Bend is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Former names for Big Bend:
- Elena
- Henderson
- Indian Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Bend <1>
- Castle Crags ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Castle Crags is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Crags
- Castella
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sweetbriar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sweetbriar is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
- Conant ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Conant is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Flume ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Flume is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flume
- Sims
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sims is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Wengler
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wengler is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengler
- Fisher ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fisher is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Gibson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Pineland ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pineland is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
- Hatchet Mountain ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchet Mountain is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Mountain
- Siskiyou County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rinckel, with the one closest to Rinckel listed first.
- McCloud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dunsmuir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shasta Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shasta Springs is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Springs
- Algoma ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Algoma is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Cantara ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
- Mount Shasta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slagger ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slagger is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slagger
- Hambone ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hambone is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambone
- Weed
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carrick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carrick is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick
- Edgewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edgewood is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rinckel, see our County-by-County Page for Rinckel.
Cemeteries Near Rinckel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rinckel.
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 Rinckel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rinckel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rinckel, with the one closest to Rinckel listed first.
- McCloud Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dunsmuir Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cove Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Shasta Memorial Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Delta Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Delta Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Delta.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2291419 <2>
- Halcumb Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Burney Falls Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Dana Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Winema Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Burney Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burney Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Burney.
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Burney Cemetery (located 68 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7866 <2>
- Burney Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burney Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Burney Cemetery is located in Burney.
- The Burney Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burney District Cemetery
- Be careful not to confuse this cemetery with another one that is also named Burney Cemetery (located 69 miles to the north).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2362619 <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.<3>
While we didn't find Rinckel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rinckel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rinckel, with the one closest to Rinckel listed first.
- McCloud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dunsmuir
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mott is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mott
- Cantara ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
- Sims
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sims is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
- Gibson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Lamoine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lamoine is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamoine
- Former names for Lamoine:
- Slate Creek
- Slatonis
- Montgomery Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Delta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Delta is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Former name for Delta:
- Bayles
- Cayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cayton is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayton
- Round Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Igerna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Igerna is located in Siskiyou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igerna
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Ydaloom ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Ydaloom is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ydaloom
- Baird ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Baird is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
- Dana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Dana is located in Shasta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rinckel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rinckel.
Newspapers Published in Rinckel ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rinckel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rinckel, 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 Rinckel.
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 helpful 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 Rinckel:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Shasta County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Rinckel, 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 from Point A (ie- Rinckel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |