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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 Roaring Creek Rancheria (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 Roaring Creek Rancheria. 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 Roaring Creek Rancheria ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Roaring Creek Rancheria: Roaring Crk. Rancheria (or less commonly used: Roaring Ck. Rancheria or Roaring Cr. Rancheria)

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.

Roaring Creek Rancheria 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 Roaring Creek Rancheria. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roaring Creek Rancheria:

  • Shasta County     (The home county of Roaring Creek Rancheria)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Roaring Creek Rancheria listed first.
    • Pineland ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Pineland is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineland
    • Wengler
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wengler is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengler
    • Hillcrest
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Hillcrest is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
    • Montgomery Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hatchet Mountain ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Hatchet Mountain is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Mountain
    • Round Mountain
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Big Bend
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Furnaceville ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Furnaceville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnaceville
    • Bullskin ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Bullskin is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullskin
    • Ingot
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Ingot is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingot
      • Former names for Ingot:
      • Afterthought
      • Silverton
    • Winthrop ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Winthrop is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
    • Bully Hill ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bully Hill is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
  • Siskiyou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roaring Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Roaring Creek Rancheria listed first.
    • Algoma ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Algoma is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
    • McCloud
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Dunsmuir
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shasta Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Shasta Springs is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Roaring Creek Rancheria ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roaring Creek Rancheria.

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 Roaring Creek Rancheria - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roaring Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Roaring Creek Rancheria listed first.

  • Cove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Halcumb Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Run Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Burney Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • 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>
  • Burney Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • 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>
  • Fern Pioneer Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Whitmore Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Burney Falls Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitmore Evangelical Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Houston Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Central Valley Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Millville IOOF Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • McCloud Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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 Roaring Creek Rancheria in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Roaring Creek Rancheria.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Roaring Creek Rancheria, with the one closest to Roaring Creek Rancheria listed first.

  • Montgomery Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Round Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Oak Run
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Ydaloom ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ydaloom is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ydaloom
  • Baird ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Baird is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baird
  • Cassel
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Cayton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cayton is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayton
  • Elmore ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Elmore is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
  • Mabel ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Mabel is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
  • Morley ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Morley is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
  • Sims
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sims is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
  • Delta
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Delta is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Former name for Delta:
    • Bayles
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Kennett ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Kennett is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett
    • Inwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Inwood is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Dana
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 Roaring Creek Rancheria. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roaring Creek Rancheria.

Newspapers Published in Roaring Creek Rancheria ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roaring Creek Rancheria.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roaring Creek Rancheria, 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 Roaring Creek Rancheria.

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 Roaring Creek Rancheria:

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 Roaring Creek Rancheria, 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' (or 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- Roaring Creek Rancheria) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.