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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 Upper 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 Upper 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 Upper 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 Upper Crossing: Upper Xing.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Upper Crossing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Upper Crossing.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Upper Crossing is located in Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County: Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Shasta, Trinity, Jackson (OR), Josephine (OR) & Klamath (OR).

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

  • Siskiyou County     (The home county of Upper Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Crossing, with the one closest to Upper Crossing listed first.
    • Beswick
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Beswick is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
    • Somerset
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Somerset is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
    • Macdoel
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Hebron
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
    • Bogus ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bogus is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
    • Dorris
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ager
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Ager is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
    • Little Shasta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
    • Cougar ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cougar is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cougar
    • Hornbrook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Montague
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Springs is located in Siskiyou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
    • Grenada
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jackson County (OR)
    • Colestin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
  • Klamath County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Upper Crossing, with the one closest to Upper Crossing listed first.
    • Worden
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Worden is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
    • Keno
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Plevna ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plevna is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
    • Midland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • White Lake City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • White Lake City is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake City
    • Merrill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Merrill is located in Klamath County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 859 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merrill <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Upper Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper 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 Upper Crossing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Way Cemetery
    • The Way Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Way Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39545 <2>
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Picard Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Shasta Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Worden Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Pinehurst Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Spencer Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Keno Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Henley - Hornbrook Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Montague Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Julien Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Mt. Laki Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kanaka Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Arbaugh - Dunlap Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Beswick
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Beswick is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
  • Mount Hebron
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
  • Bogus ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Bogus is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
  • Ager
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ager is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
  • Little Shasta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
  • Keno
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hornbrook
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Henley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Henley is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
  • Montague
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Plevna ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Plevna is located in Klamath County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
  • Grenada
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Yreka
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Yreka is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yreka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,503 people
    • Yreka has also been known as:
    • Yreka City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yreka <1>
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Steinman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Steinman is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
    • Gregory
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gregory is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
    • Colestin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Colestin is located in Jackson County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin

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

Newspapers Published in Upper 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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Crossing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper 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 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 Upper 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>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 Upper Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Upper Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.