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 Tamalpais Valley Junction (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 Tamalpais Valley Junction. 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 Tamalpais Valley Junction ...
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 Tamalpais Valley Junction: Tamalpais Vly. Jct. (or less commonly used: Tamalpais Vly. Jctn.)
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.
Tamalpais Valley Junction is located in Marin 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 Marin County: Contra Costa, San Francisco & Sonoma.
Below are the counties that are near Tamalpais Valley Junction. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction:
- Marin County (The home county of Tamalpais Valley Junction)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Manzanita
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Manzanita is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita
- Tamalpais - Homestead Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bel Aire
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bel Aire is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bel Aire
- Strawberry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Strawberry is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
- Marin City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marin City is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marin City
- Mill Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sausalito
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belvedere
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tiburon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corte Madera
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Larkspur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Paradise Cay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise Cay is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cay
- Muir Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Alameda County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- University Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- University Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- Berkeley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Campbell Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Campbell Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Village
- Emeryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Berkeley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Berkeley is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berkeley
- Former name for South Berkeley:
- Lorin
- West Oakland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Oakland is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oakland
- Normandy Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Normandy Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rochedale Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rochedale Village is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochedale Village
- Brooklyn ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Alameda County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Former names for Brooklyn:
- Antonio
- Clinton
- Piedmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alameda
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Contra Costa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Point Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Nystrom Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nystrom Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nystrom Village
- Atchison Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atchison Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchison Village
- Easter Hill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Easter Hill Village is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter Hill Village
- Richmond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- El Cerrito
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- San Pablo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Richmond Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Richmond Heights is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richmond Heights
- Rollingwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
- Sobrante
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sobrante is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobrante
- Kensington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tara Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tara Hills is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Hills
- Bayview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bayview is located in Contra Costa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Napa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Merazo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Merazo is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
- American Canyon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lombard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lombard is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- Middleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Suscol ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Suscol is located in Napa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suscol
- Suscol has also been known as:
- Soscol
- Susqual
- San Francisco County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Doelger City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Doelger City is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doelger City
- Amanico Ergina Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Amanico Ergina Village is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanico Ergina Village
- Chinatown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chinatown is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
- Friendship Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Village is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Village
- Sydney Town ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sydney Town is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydney Town
- Golden Gate Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Golden Gate Heights is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate Heights
- San Francisco
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stonestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stonestown is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonestown
- Mission District
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mission District is located in San Francisco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission District
- San Mateo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Broadmoor Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Broadmoor Village is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor Village
- Broadmoor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Broadmoor is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
- Daly City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westlake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Westlake is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Colma
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brisbane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- South San Francisco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pacifica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fairway Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairway Park is located in San Mateo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Park
- San Bruno
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Millbrae
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hillsborough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Burlingame
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Solano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Guadalcanal Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Guadalcanal Village is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalcanal Village
- Mare Island ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mare Island is located in Solano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mare Island
- Vallejo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benicia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sonoma County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Sears Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
- Lakeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- McGill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- McGill is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
- Wingo ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wingo is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Petaluma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Temelec
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Temelec is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temelec
- Vineburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- El Verano
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ely ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ely is located in Sonoma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Sonoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Boyes Hot Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Penngrove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fetters Hot Springs - Agua Caliente
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction, see our County-by-County Page for Tamalpais Valley Junction.
Cemeteries Near Tamalpais Valley Junction ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tamalpais Valley Junction.
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 Tamalpais Valley Junction - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tamalpais Valley Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Fernwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mission San Rafael Arcangel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- San Francisco National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco National Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the San Francisco National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in San Francisco.
- The San Francisco National Cemetery has also been known as:
- Post Cemetery
- Presidio Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8344 <2>
- Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- The Mt. Olivet Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Olivet Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8177 <2>
- Yerba Buena Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- The St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Angels / St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
- Holy Angels Cemetery
- St. Joseph Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8327 <2>
- Sunset View Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Rolling Hills Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cypress Lawn Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Cypress Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Colma.
- The Cypress Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #7927 <2>
- Continue List (63 more) ...
- Italian Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Japanese Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Salem Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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 Tamalpais Valley Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tamalpais Valley Junction.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tamalpais Valley Junction, with the one closest to Tamalpais Valley Junction listed first.
- Manzanita
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Manzanita is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita
- Alto
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Alto is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Sausalito
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hilarita
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hilarita is located in Marin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilarita
- Mill Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tiburon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Corte Madera
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Larkspur
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenbrae
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- San Quentin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ross
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- San Anselmo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- San Rafael
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fairfax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- San Francisco
(9 miles [14.5 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 Tamalpais Valley Junction. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tamalpais Valley Junction.
Newspapers Published in Tamalpais Valley Junction ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tamalpais Valley Junction.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tamalpais Valley Junction, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tamalpais Valley Junction.
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 Tamalpais Valley Junction:
- Websites specific to California
- Pages specific to Marin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Alameda County
- Contra Costa County
- Napa County
- San Francisco County
- San Mateo County
- Solano County
- Sonoma 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 Tamalpais Valley Junction, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tamalpais Valley Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |