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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 San Buena Ventura (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 San Buena Ventura. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

San Buena Ventura 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 San Buena Ventura. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Buena Ventura:

  • Shasta County     (The home county of San Buena Ventura)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Buena Ventura, with the one closest to San Buena Ventura listed first.
    • Bell's Bridge ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Bell's Bridge is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell's Bridge
    • Girvan
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Girvan is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
    • Redding Rancheria
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Redding Rancheria is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redding Rancheria
    • Pacheco
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Pacheco is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco
    • Canon City ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Canon City is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
    • Latona ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Latona is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latona
      • Former name for Latona:
      • New Town
    • Texas Springs ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Texas Springs is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Springs
    • Enterprise
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Enterprise is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Happy Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Happy Valley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
      • Former name for Happy Valley:
      • Oak
    • Olinda
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Olinda is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
    • Briggsville ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Briggsville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
      • Former name for Briggsville:
      • Moorestown
    • Cloverdale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cloverdale is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
    • Centerville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Centerville is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Tehama County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Buena Ventura, with the one closest to San Buena Ventura listed first.
    • Hooker
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hooker is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
    • Bend
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bend is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
    • Dales
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Dales is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dales
    • Red Bluff
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Manton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Paynes Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rawson
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Rawson is located in Tehama County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
  • Trinity County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Buena Ventura, with the one closest to San Buena Ventura listed first.
    • Deadwood ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Deadwood is located in Trinity County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadwood
    • Lewiston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near San Buena Ventura ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Buena Ventura.

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 San Buena Ventura - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Buena Ventura, with the one closest to San Buena Ventura listed first.

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 San Buena Ventura in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of San Buena Ventura.

These communities are listed based on their distance from San Buena Ventura, with the one closest to San Buena Ventura listed first.

  • Girvan
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Girvan is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girvan
  • Olinda
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Olinda is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olinda
  • Redding
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Anderson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Anderson is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,565 people
    • Former name for Anderson:
    • American Ranch
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anderson <1>
  • Waugh ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Waugh is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waugh
  • Shasta
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Igo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Gas Point ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gas Point is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
  • Buckeye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Buckeye is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Cottonwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hart ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Hart is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hart
    • Hart has also been known as:
    • Hart Village
    • Hart's Camp
  • Balls Ferry ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Balls Ferry is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Ferry
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Millville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Ono
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Ono is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ono
    • Copley ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Copley is located in Shasta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copley
      • Former name for Copley:
      • Motion

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

Newspapers Published in San Buena Ventura ...

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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Buena Ventura.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Buena Ventura, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Buena Ventura.

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 websites either 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 San Buena Ventura:

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 San Buena Ventura, 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- San Buena Ventura) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.