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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 Sousa Corners (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 Sousa Corners. 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 Sousa Corners ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Sousa Corners: Sousa Cors.

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 and doctors 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.

Sousa Corners is located in Sonoma 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 Sonoma County: Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa & Solano.

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

  • Sonoma County     (The home county of Sousa Corners)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sousa Corners, with the one closest to Sousa Corners listed first.
    • Graton
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Trenton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Forestville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Sebastopol
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fulton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Freestone
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Occidental
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Camp Meeker
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Roseland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Roseland is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
    • Santa Rosa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • South Santa Rosa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • South Santa Rosa is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Santa Rosa
    • Windsor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sousa Corners, with the one closest to Sousa Corners listed first.
    • Middletown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cobb
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Pine Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Pine Grove is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Glenbrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Hidden Valley Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hidden Valley Lake is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Valley Lake
    • Salminas Resort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Salminas Resort is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salminas Resort
    • Seigler Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Seigler Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigler Springs
  • Marin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sousa Corners, with the one closest to Sousa Corners listed first.
    • Dillon Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Tomales
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hamlet
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Hamlet is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
    • Nicks Cove
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Nicks Cove is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicks Cove
    • Marshall
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Inverness
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Millerton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Millerton is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
    • Point Reyes Station
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Nicasio
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Tocaloma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Tocaloma is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocaloma
    • Novato
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Town
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Town is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sousa Corners, with the one closest to Sousa Corners listed first.
    • Woodleaf
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
    • Calistoga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Deer Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Saint Helena
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Rutherford
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Oakville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Angwin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pope Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Yountville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Merazo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Merazo is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo

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

Cemeteries Near Sousa Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sousa Corners.

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 Sousa Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Green Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Gilliam Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Forestview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Steele Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Spring Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sebastopol Memorial Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pleasant Hills Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Druids Occidental Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fulton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • McPeak Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Rosa Memorial Park - Shiloh Road Addition
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Canfield Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (66 more) ...
    • Macedonia Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Faught Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Forestville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Trenton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Occidental
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Freestone
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Fulton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Rosa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Windsor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Guerneville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Valley Ford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bloomfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
  • Duncans Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Stony Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Cotati
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Melita
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Melita is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melita
    • Cazadero
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Sousa Corners ...

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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sousa Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sousa Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sousa Corners.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Sousa Corners:

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>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 Sousa Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Sousa Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.