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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 Truth Home (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 Truth Home. 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 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.

Truth Home is located in Sonoma 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 Sonoma County: Contra Costa, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa & Solano.

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

  • Sonoma County     (The home county of Truth Home)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Truth Home, with the one closest to Truth Home listed first.
    • Cazadero
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Ross
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Ross is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ross
    • Jenner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Duncans Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Guerneville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio Nido
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Villa Grande
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Monte Rio
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Healdsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Carmet
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Carmet is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmet
    • Serena Del Mar
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Serena Del Mar is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serena Del Mar
    • Camp Meeker
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Stewarts Point
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Truth Home, with the one closest to Truth Home listed first.
    • Glenbrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenbrook is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Pine Grove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Grove is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Cobb
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenview is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenview
    • Middletown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Salminas Resort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Salminas Resort is located in Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salminas Resort
  • Marin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Truth Home, with the one closest to Truth Home listed first.
    • Dillon Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Tomales
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamlet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Hamlet is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
    • Nicks Cove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Nicks Cove is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicks Cove
  • Mendocino County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Truth Home, with the one closest to Truth Home listed first.
    • Hermitage ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hermitage is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
    • Yorkville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Gualala
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Anchor Bay
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Fish Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fish Rock is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Rock
    • Largo ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Largo is located in Mendocino County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Truth Home, with the one closest to Truth Home listed first.
    • Woodleaf
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
    • Calistoga
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Truth Home ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Truth Home.

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 Truth Home - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Seaview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Benitz Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooper Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ruoff - Thomas Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Sugarloaf Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Duncans Mills Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Redwood Memorial Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • McPeak Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Olive Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Stewarts Point Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Druids Occidental Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Forestview Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...

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

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

  • Cazadero
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Seaview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Seaview is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview
  • Fort Ross
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Ross is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ross
  • Duncans Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Guerneville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Occidental
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Forestville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Geyserville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Asti
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Asti is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asti
  • Trenton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Trenton is located in Sonoma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Cloverdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Windsor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Freestone
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Preston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Preston is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Fulton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Truth Home ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Truth Home.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Truth Home, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Truth Home.

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 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 Truth Home:

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 Truth Home, 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- Truth Home) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.