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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 Joaquin River Estates (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 Joaquin River Estates. 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 San Joaquin River Estates ...

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 San Joaquin River Estates: San Joaquin Riv. Ests.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

San Joaquin River Estates is located in Madera 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 Madera County: Fresno, Mariposa, Merced & Mono.

Below are the counties that are near San Joaquin River Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Joaquin River Estates:

  • Madera County     (The home county of San Joaquin River Estates)
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Joaquin River Estates, with the one closest to San Joaquin River Estates listed first.
    • Bonadelle Ranchos - Madera Ranchos
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Millerton ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Millerton is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Parksdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Parksdale is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parksdale
    • Parkwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Parkwood is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
    • Madera
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • La Vina
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • La Vina is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vina
    • Madera Acres
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Madera Acres is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madera Acres
    • O'Neals
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Yosemite Lakes Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Yosemite Lakes Park is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Lakes Park
      • Yosemite Lakes Park has also been known as:
      • Yosemite Lakes
    • Berenda
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Berenda is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berenda
    • Knowles Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Knowles Junction is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Junction
    • Knowles ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Knowles is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles
    • Raymond
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Raymond is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
  • Fresno County
    • The following are listed by their distance from San Joaquin River Estates, with the one closest to San Joaquin River Estates listed first.
    • Pinedale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gordon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Gordon is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Highway City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Highway City is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway City
    • Muscatel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Muscatel is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
    • Herndon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Herndon is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
    • Clovis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fresno
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tarpey Village
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Tarpey Village is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpey Village
    • Pratton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Pratton is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratton
    • Raco
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Raco is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raco
    • Barstow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Barstow is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barstow
    • Friant
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • West Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near San Joaquin River Estates ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Joaquin River Estates.

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 Joaquin River Estates - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Joaquin River Estates, with the one closest to San Joaquin River Estates listed first.

  • Clovis Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Ararat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Beth Israel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fresno County Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Masis Ararat Armenian Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Belmont Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Fresno Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...

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 Joaquin River Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of San Joaquin River Estates.

These communities are listed based on their distance from San Joaquin River Estates, with the one closest to San Joaquin River Estates listed first.

  • Herndon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Herndon is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herndon
  • Muscatel
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Muscatel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscatel
  • Fresno
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Malaga
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Malaga is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
  • Lone Star
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lone Star is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Easton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Oleander
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Oleander is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleander
  • Letcher ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Letcher is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
  • La Vina
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • La Vina is located in Madera County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Vina
  • Fowler
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sanger
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sentinel ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Caruthers
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Selma
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Selma is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,370 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <1>
    • Auberry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in San Joaquin River Estates ...

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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Joaquin River Estates.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Joaquin River Estates, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Joaquin River Estates.

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 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 Joaquin River Estates:

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 Joaquin River Estates, 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 from Point A (ie- San Joaquin River Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.