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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 Sunnyslope (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 Sunnyslope. 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.

Sunnyslope is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, Sutter, Tehama & Yuba.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Sunnyslope)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyslope, with the one closest to Sunnyslope listed first.
    • Bangor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Wyandotte
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
    • Honcut
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Palermo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Robinsons Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Robinsons Corner is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsons Corner
    • Robinson Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Robinson Mill is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Mill
    • South Oroville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • South Oroville is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Oroville
    • Lynchburg ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lynchburg is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Oroville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Longs Bar ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Longs Bar is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Bar
    • East Biggs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • East Biggs is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Biggs
    • Peachton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Peachton is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peachton
  • Colusa County
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyslope, with the one closest to Sunnyslope listed first.
    • Afton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Afton is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
    • Butte City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Nevada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyslope, with the one closest to Sunnyslope listed first.
    • Bridgeport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Birchville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Birchville is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchville
    • Lake Wildwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
    • North San Juan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Penn Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rough and Ready
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Bitney Corner
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bitney Corner is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitney Corner
    • Newtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Newtown is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Nevada City Rancheria
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • The Oaks
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • The Oaks is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Oaks
    • Glenbrook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Grass Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Placer County
  • Santa Cruz County
  • Sierra County
    • Brandy City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Brandy City is located in Sierra County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy City
  • Sutter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyslope, with the one closest to Sunnyslope listed first.
    • Live Oak
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Yuba City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Tierra Buena
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Tierra Buena is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Buena
    • South Yuba City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • South Yuba City is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Yuba City
    • Pennington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Pennington is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
    • Bogue
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bogue is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
    • Sutter
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tarke
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Tarke is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
    • Rio Oso
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Meridian
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Marcuse ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Marcuse is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcuse
  • Yuba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyslope, with the one closest to Sunnyslope listed first.
    • Loma Rica
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Loma Rica is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Rica
    • Iowa City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Iowa City is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
    • Rackerby
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oregon House
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Browns Valley
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brownsville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Dobbins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Timbuctoo ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Timbuctoo is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbuctoo
    • Challenge
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Smartville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dantoni
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Dantoni is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dantoni
    • Binney Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Binney Junction is located in Yuba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binney Junction

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

Cemeteries Near Sunnyslope ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunnyslope.

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 Sunnyslope - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bangor Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bangor Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Bangor.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2220275 <2>
  • Honcut Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Peoria Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Peoria Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Upham Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Browns Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Oroville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8154 <2>
  • Brownsville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Brownsville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oroville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (55 more) ...
    • Hamilton Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Immaculate Conception Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Immaculate Conception Cemetery is located outside of Smartsville
      • The Immaculate Conception Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Smartsville Catholic Cemetery
      • Smartville Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189988 <2>
    • Smartsville Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartsville Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Smartsville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
      • The Smartsville Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Good Templars Cemetery
      • Mason Cemetery
      • McGanney Cemetery
      • Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Smartsville Fraternal Cemetery
      • Smartville Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8377 <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.<3>

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

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

  • Bangor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Honcut
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyandotte
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wyandotte is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandotte
  • Palermo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Honcut
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Honcut is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honcut
  • Ramirez
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramirez is located in Yuba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramirez
  • Browns Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Oregon House
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hurleton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hurleton is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurleton
  • Brownsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Oroville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dobbins
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Enterprise ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Enterprise is located in Butte County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
    • Live Oak
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
    • Smartville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Sunnyslope ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunnyslope.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunnyslope, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunnyslope.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sunnyslope:

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