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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 Snow Bend (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 Snow Bend. 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 Snow Bend ...

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 Snow Bend: Snow Bnd.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Snow Bend is located in Fresno 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 Fresno County: Inyo, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mono, San Benito & Tulare.

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

  • Fresno County     (The home county of Snow Bend)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snow Bend, with the one closest to Snow Bend listed first.
    • Lakeshore
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Huntington Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mono Hot Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Creek is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Former names for Big Creek:
      • Big Creek Flats
      • Cascada
      • Manzanita Park
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Creek <1>
    • Dora Belle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Dora Belle is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Belle
    • Shaver Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bretz Mill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Bretz Mill is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bretz Mill
    • Pineridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pineridge is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineridge
    • Meadow Lakes
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lakes
    • Tollhouse
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Auberry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Prather
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sentinel ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
  • Inyo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snow Bend, with the one closest to Snow Bend listed first.
    • Scheelite ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Scheelite is located in Inyo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scheelite
    • Camp Sabrina ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Camp Sabrina is located in Inyo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Sabrina
    • Aspendell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Aspendell is located in Inyo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspendell
    • Rovana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Rovana is located in Inyo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rovana
    • South Fork / Mountain View
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Madera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snow Bend, with the one closest to Snow Bend listed first.
    • North Fork
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Wishon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Wishon is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishon
    • The Pines
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • The Pines is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pines
    • Bass Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Yosemite Forks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Yosemite Forks is located in Madera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Forks
    • Oakhurst
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Mono County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Snow Bend, with the one closest to Snow Bend listed first.
    • Lake Mary
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Lake Mary is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary
    • Mill City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Mill City is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
    • Old Mammoth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Old Mammoth is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Mammoth
    • Mammoth Lakes
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Convict Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Convict Lake is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Convict Lake
    • Aspen Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Aspen Springs is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Springs
    • South Landing
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • South Landing is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Landing
    • Whitmore Hot Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Whitmore Hot Springs is located in Mono County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmore Hot Springs
      • Former names for Whitmore Hot Springs:
      • Whitmore Tub Spring
      • Whitmore Tubs
  • Nevada County
    • Cedar Crest
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Crest is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest

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

Cemeteries Near Snow Bend ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Snow Bend.

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 Snow Bend - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Snow Bend, with the one closest to Snow Bend 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 Snow Bend in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Snow Bend.

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

  • Tollhouse
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Auberry
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Sentinel ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sentinel is located in Fresno County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel

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

Newspapers Published in Snow Bend ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Snow Bend.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Snow Bend, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Snow Bend.

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 Snow Bend:

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 Snow Bend, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Snow Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.