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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 Santa Susana (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 Santa Susana. 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.

Santa Susana is located in Ventura 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 Ventura County: Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara.

Below are the counties that are near Santa Susana. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Santa Susana:

  • Ventura County     (The home county of Santa Susana)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Santa Susana, with the one closest to Santa Susana listed first.
    • Simi Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Oak Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Moorpark
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Buckhorn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
    • Greenwich Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Greenwich Village is located in Ventura County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village
    • Thousand Oaks
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Mountclef Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Mountclef Village is located in Ventura County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountclef Village
    • Piru
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bardsdale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bardsdale is located in Ventura County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
    • Newbury Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fillmore
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Casa Conejo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Casa Conejo is located in Ventura County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Conejo
    • Lagol
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Lagol is located in Ventura County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagol
  • Los Angeles County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Santa Susana, with the one closest to Santa Susana listed first.
    • Bell Canyon
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Chatsworth Lake Manor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Chatsworth Lake Manor is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth Lake Manor
    • Chatsworth
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Chatsworth is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
    • West Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • West Hills is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
    • Canoga Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Canoga Park is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga Park
    • Agoura Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Hidden Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mentryville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Mentryville is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentryville
    • Agoura
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Calabasas
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Winnetka
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Winnetka is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnetka
    • Woodland Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodland Hills is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Hills
    • Northridge
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Northridge is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northridge

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

Cemeteries Near Santa Susana ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Santa Susana.

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 Santa Susana - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Santa Susana, with the one closest to Santa Susana listed first.

  • Mt. Sinai Memorial Park, Simi Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Assumption Catholic Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Oakwood Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Olson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Piru Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Will Geer Estate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Will Geer Estate
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Will Geer Estate is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Topanga.
    • The Will Geer Estate has also been known as:
    • Will Geer Shakespeare Garden
    • Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640478 <2>
  • Eternal Valley Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • San Fernando Mission Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Fernando Mission Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Fernando Mission Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Mission Hills.
    • The San Fernando Mission Cemetery has also been known as:
    • San Fernando Mission Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109027 <2>
  • Eden Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Bardsdale Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bardsdale Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Bardsdale.
  • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (22 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.<4>

While we didn't find Santa Susana in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Santa Susana.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Santa Susana, with the one closest to Santa Susana listed first.

  • Simi Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Chatsworth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Chatsworth is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
  • Buckhorn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Buckhorn is located in Ventura County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
  • Piru
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newhall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Newbury Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Saugus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bardsdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bardsdale is located in Ventura County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bardsdale
  • Fillmore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • San Fernando
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Castaic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Las Flores
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Las Flores is located in Los Angeles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Flores
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Pacoima
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Pacoima is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacoima
    • Honby
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Honby is located in Los Angeles County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honby
    • Sespe Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sespe Village is located in Ventura County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sespe Village

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

Newspapers Published in Santa Susana ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Santa Susana.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Santa Susana, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Santa Susana.

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 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 Santa Susana:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Santa Susana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Santa Susana, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.