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 Sunnybrook (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 Sunnybrook. 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 Sunnybrook ...
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.
Another variation: Sunny Brook.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sunnybrook. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunnybrook.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Sunnybrook is located in Amador 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 Amador County: Alpine, Calaveras, El Dorado, Sacramento & San Joaquin.
Below are the counties that are near Sunnybrook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunnybrook:
- Amador County (The home county of Sunnybrook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Ione
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Martell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Amador City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sutter Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Camanche Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- May ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Electra ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Electra is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Fiddletown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Calaveras County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Big Bar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Big Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bar
- Campo Seco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
- Mokelumne Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Valley Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Burson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
- Rancho Calaveras
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- San Andreas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glencoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jenny Lind
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jenny Lind is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenny Lind
- El Dorado County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Mount Aukum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fair Play
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Euchre Diggings ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Euchre Diggings is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euchre Diggings
- Shingle Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cameron Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- El Dorado
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tiger Lily
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tiger Lily is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Lily
- Somerset
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clarksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clarksville is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Mormon Tavern ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mormon Tavern is located in El Dorado County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Tavern
- Diamond Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Crescent Ridge Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sacramento County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Rancho Murieta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sloughhouse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Herald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Galt
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Galt is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
- Arno ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arno is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arno
- Prairie City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Prairie City is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
- McConnel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McConnel is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnel
- Mather
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vineyard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vineyard is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard
- Folsom Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Folsom Junction is located in Sacramento County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom Junction
- Elk Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- San Joaquin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Clements
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lockeford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bellota
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Bellota is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellota
- Victor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Acampo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Linden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 68,186 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <1>
- Peters
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Woodbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbridge
- South Woodbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Woodbridge is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Woodbridge
- Woodbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Village is located in San Joaquin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunnybrook, see our County-by-County Page for Sunnybrook.
Cemeteries Near Sunnybrook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunnybrook.
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 Sunnybrook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunnybrook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ione Protestant - Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jackson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Sava Servian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- City Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the City Cemetery is located in Sutter Creek.
- IOOF Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Sutter Creek.
- New Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Knoll Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stevens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Drytown Public Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Protestant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (64 more) ...
- White Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fiddletown Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Sunnybrook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunnybrook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Ione
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
- Jackson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sutter Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amador City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Drytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lancha Plana ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lancha Plana is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancha Plana
- Campo Seco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- May ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- May is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Carbondale ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carbondale is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbondale
- Camanche ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Camanche is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche
- Former names for Camanche:
- Clay's Bar
- Limerrick
- Mokelumne Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Forest Home ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Plymouth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Valley Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Wallace
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunnybrook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunnybrook.
Newspapers Published in Sunnybrook ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunnybrook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunnybrook, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunnybrook.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Sunnybrook:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Amador County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calaveras County
- El Dorado County
- Sacramento 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> | 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 Sunnybrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunnybrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |