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 Jose Del Valle (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 Jose Del Valle. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Jose Del Valle is located in San Diego 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 San Diego County: Imperial, Orange & Riverside.
Below are the counties that are near San Jose Del Valle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to San Jose Del Valle:
- San Diego County (The home county of San Jose Del Valle)
- The following are listed by their distance from San Jose Del Valle, with the one closest to San Jose Del Valle listed first.
- Warner Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Holcomb Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holcomb Village is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcomb Village
- Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Palomar Mountain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ranchita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ranchita is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchita
- Santa Ysabel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Julian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pauma Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Banner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banner is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Borrego Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- San Diego Country Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Riverside County
- The following are listed by their distance from San Jose Del Valle, with the one closest to San Jose Del Valle listed first.
- Aguanga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anza
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ramona Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ramona Village is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramona Village
- Sage
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sage is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
- Alpine Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine Village is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
- Pinyon Pines
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pinyon Pines is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinyon Pines
- Rainbow Canyon Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Auld ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Auld is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auld
- Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Village is located in Riverside County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Temecula
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to San Jose Del Valle, see our County-by-County Page for San Jose Del Valle.
Cemeteries Near San Jose Del Valle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of San Jose Del Valle.
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 Jose Del Valle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for San Jose Del Valle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from San Jose Del Valle, with the one closest to San Jose Del Valle listed first.
- Indian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Julian Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- St. Bartholomew Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bergman Family Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cahuilla Indian Reservation Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Radec Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pauma Valley Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Center Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Oak Hill Memorial Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pala Tribal Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- San Marcos Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dearborn Memorial Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearborn Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dearborn Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located in Poway.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7932 <3>
- Temecula Public Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temecula Public Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Temecula Public Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Temecula.
- The Temecula Public Cemetery has also been known as:
- Temecula Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1759791 <3>
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.<4>
While we didn't find San Jose Del Valle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of San Jose Del Valle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from San Jose Del Valle, with the one closest to San Jose Del Valle listed first.
- Mesa Grande ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mesa Grande is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Grande
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Ranchita
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ranchita is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchita
- Santa Ysabel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Wynola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wynola is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wynola
- Ballena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ballena is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballena
- Julian
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Banner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Banner is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Valley Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- San Pasqual
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- San Pasqual is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pasqual
- Cuyamaca ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cuyamaca is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamaca
- Pala
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- El Capitan ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- El Capitan is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Capitan
- Escondido
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Oaks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Twin Oaks is located in San Diego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Oaks
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around San Jose Del Valle. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Jose Del Valle.
Newspapers Published in San Jose Del Valle ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around San Jose Del Valle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of San Jose Del Valle, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for San Jose Del Valle.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 San Jose Del Valle:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to San Diego 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> | 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- San Jose Del Valle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Jose Del Valle, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |