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 Solyo (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 Solyo. 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 hospitals 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.
Solyo is located in Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus County: Alameda, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin & Santa Clara.
Below are the counties that are near Solyo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Solyo:
- Stanislaus County (The home county of Solyo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Solyo, with the one closest to Solyo listed first.
- Grayson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Westley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tuolumne City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tuolumne City is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City
- Riverdale Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Riverdale Park is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale Park
- Salida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Modesto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Modesto is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Modesto
- Patterson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bret Harte
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bret Harte is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bret Harte
- Shackelford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shackelford is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackelford
- Bystrom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bystrom is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bystrom
- Modesto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ceres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Del Rio
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Del Rio is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Rio
- Alameda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Solyo, with the one closest to Solyo listed first.
- Tesla ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tesla is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesla
- Altamont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Laddville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Laddville is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laddville
- Livermore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Contra Costa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Solyo, with the one closest to Solyo listed first.
- Byron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Discovery Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bixler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bixler is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bixler
- Merced County
- The following are listed by their distance from Solyo, with the one closest to Solyo listed first.
- Hilmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gustine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Delhi
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stevinson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Solyo, with the one closest to Solyo listed first.
- Vernalis
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lyoth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyoth is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyoth
- Ripon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <1>
- Banta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wainwright Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wainwright Village is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wainwright Village
- Manteca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ellis ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Tracy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tracy is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,025 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tracy <1>
- Lathrop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carnegie ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Carnegie is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
- Atlanta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Five Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Alba
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alba is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alba
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Solyo, see our County-by-County Page for Solyo.
Cemeteries Near Solyo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Solyo.
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 Solyo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Solyo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Solyo, with the one closest to Solyo listed first.
- Grayson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brichetto Tomb
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brichetto Tomb
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brichetto Tomb is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the south of Tracy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7862 <2>
- Patterson Cemetery District
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ripon Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy Public Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodcolony Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcolony Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodcolony Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Modesto.
- East Union Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Catholic Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Park View Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ahayas Achim Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Congregation Adas Yeshuran of Stockton Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Congregation of Ahavas Achim Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Chinese Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinese Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Chinese Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Stockton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7905 <2>
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 Solyo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Solyo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Solyo, with the one closest to Solyo listed first.
- Vernalis
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Westley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Grayson is located in Stanislaus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grayson
- Yarmouth ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yarmouth is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmouth
- Salida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Banta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ripon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <1>
- Tracy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tracy is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,025 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tracy <1>
- Ellis ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Lathrop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Modesto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ceres
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Atlanta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atlanta is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Midway is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- French Camp
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Solyo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Solyo.
Newspapers Published in Solyo ...
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 157 newspapers that have been published in the area around Solyo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Solyo, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Solyo.
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 helpful 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 Solyo:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Stanislaus County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alameda County
- Contra Costa County
- Merced County
- San Joaquin County
- 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> | 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' (or 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- Solyo) 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 Solyo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |