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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 Tamarack Springs (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 Tamarack Springs. 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 Tamarack Springs ...

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 Tamarack Springs: Tamarack Spgs. (or less commonly used: Tamarack Spngs. or Tamarack Sprngs.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Tamarack Springs is located in Calaveras 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 Calaveras County: Alpine, Amador, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne.

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

  • Calaveras County     (The home county of Tamarack Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Springs, with the one closest to Tamarack Springs listed first.
    • Big Meadow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Meadow is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Meadow
    • Big Trees Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Trees Village is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees Village
    • Camp Connell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Dorrington
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Trees
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
    • Arnold
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fly-In Acres
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Fly-In Acres is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly-In Acres
    • Pinebrook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinebrook is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebrook
    • Meadowmont
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadowmont is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowmont
    • Lakemont Pines
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lakemont Pines is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Pines
    • Avery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hathaway Pines
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bummerville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Bummerville is located in Calaveras County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bummerville
  • Alpine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Springs, with the one closest to Tamarack Springs listed first.
    • Bear Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Alpine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Alpine is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Alpine
    • Marklee Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Marklee Village is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklee Village
    • Markleeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Sorensens
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Sorensens is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sorensens
    • Loope ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Loope is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loope
    • Alpine Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Alpine Village is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Village
    • Woodfords
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodfords is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
    • Mesa Vista
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Mesa Vista is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Vista
    • Paynesville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Paynesville is located in Alpine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynesville
  • Amador County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Springs, with the one closest to Tamarack Springs listed first.
    • Kit Carson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Kirkwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Pioneer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Volcano
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • El Dorado County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Springs, with the one closest to Tamarack Springs listed first.
    • Strawberry
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Twin Bridges
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Kyburz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Phillips
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Phillips is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips
    • Echo Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Grizzly Flatx
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • White Hall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • White Hall is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • Fallen Leaf
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Riverton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Riverton is located in El Dorado County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Tuolumne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tamarack Springs, with the one closest to Tamarack Springs listed first.
    • Bumblebee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Bumblebee is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee
    • Dardanelle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pinecrest
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Strawberry
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Strawberry is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
    • Cold Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Long Barn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Sierra Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sierra Village is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Village
    • Mi-Wuk Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Ridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
    • Twain Harte
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Rock Lodge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Rock Lodge is located in Tuolumne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock Lodge
    • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Tamarack Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tamarack Springs.

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 Tamarack Springs - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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 Tamarack Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tamarack Springs.

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

  • Big Trees
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Trees is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Trees
  • Avery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rail Road Flat
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Markleeville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • West Point
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Sheep Ranch
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Woodfords
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodfords is located in Alpine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodfords
  • Grizzly Flatx
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain Ranch
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Bryants
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bryants is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants
  • Omo Ranch
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Omo Ranch is located in El Dorado County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omo Ranch
  • Murphys
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Volcano
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Tamarack Springs ...

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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tamarack Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tamarack Springs, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tamarack Springs.

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 websites either 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 Tamarack Springs:

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- Tamarack Springs) 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 Tamarack Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.