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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 Three Crossing (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 Three Crossing. 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 Three Crossing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Three Crossing: Three Xing.

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Three Crossing is located in Lake 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 Lake County: Colusa, Glenn, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma & Yolo.

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

  • Lake County     (The home county of Three Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Three Crossing, with the one closest to Three Crossing listed first.
    • Witter Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Witter Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witter Springs
    • Saratoga Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Saratoga Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga Springs
    • Upper Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Robinson Rancheria
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Robinson Rancheria is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Rancheria
    • Nice
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Bartlett Springs
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bartlett Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Springs
    • North Lakeport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • North Lakeport is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeport
    • Lucerne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pole Garden ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pole Garden is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pole Garden
    • Lakeport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Hough Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Hough Springs is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough Springs
    • Finley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Colusa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Three Crossing, with the one closest to Three Crossing listed first.
    • Stonyford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Lodoga
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Lodoga is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodoga
    • Devils Elbow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Devils Elbow is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devils Elbow
    • Leesville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Leesville is located in Colusa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
  • Glenn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Three Crossing, with the one closest to Three Crossing listed first.
    • Dogtown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dogtown is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Lone Star ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Lone Star is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
    • Copper City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Copper City is located in Glenn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
    • Elk Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mendocino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Three Crossing, with the one closest to Three Crossing listed first.
    • Hemlock Ranch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hemlock Ranch is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ranch
      • Hemlock Ranch has also been known as:
      • Hemlock
    • Potter Valley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Redwood Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Calpella
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • The Forks
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • The Forks is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Forks
    • Talmage
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Ukiah
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Ukiah is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukiah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,883 people
      • Ukiah has also been known as:
      • Ukiah City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ukiah <1>
    • Largo ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Largo is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
    • Willits
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Orrs Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Orrs Springs is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Springs
    • Hopland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Soda Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Soda Springs is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Three Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Three Crossing.

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 Three Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Three Crossing, with the one closest to Three Crossing 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 Three Crossing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Three Crossing.

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

  • Pomo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Pomo is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomo
  • Hemlock Ranch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hemlock Ranch is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock Ranch
    • Hemlock Ranch has also been known as:
    • Hemlock
  • Upper Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Potter Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bartlett Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bartlett Springs is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett Springs
  • Calpella
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Talmage
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ukiah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ukiah is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ukiah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,883 people
    • Ukiah has also been known as:
    • Ukiah City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ukiah <1>
  • Hough Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Hough Springs is located in Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hough Springs
  • Hearst
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hearst is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hearst
  • Stonyford
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Largo ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Largo is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
    • Kelseyville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Willits
      (23 miles [37 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 Three Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Three Crossing.

Newspapers Published in Three Crossing ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Three Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Three Crossing, 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 Three Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Three Crossing:

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 '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- Three Crossing) 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 Three Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.