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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 Whitley Gardens (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 Whitley Gardens. 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 Whitley Gardens ...

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 Whitley Gardens: Whitley Gdns. (or less commonly used: Whitley Gardns., Whitley Grdens. or Whitley Grdns.)

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.

Whitley Gardens is located in San Luis Obispo 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 San Luis Obispo County: Kern, Kings, Monterey, Santa Barbara & Ventura.

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

  • San Luis Obispo County     (The home county of Whitley Gardens)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitley Gardens, with the one closest to Whitley Gardens listed first.
    • Estrella
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Estrella is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
    • Linne
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Linne is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linne
    • Shandon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • El Paso de Robles
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • El Paso de Robles is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso de Robles
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,521 people
    • Creston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Oak Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Oak Park is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
    • Paso Robles
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Wellsona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Wellsona is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsona
    • Cholame
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • San Miguel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Templeton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Atascadero
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fresno County
    • Parkfield Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Parkfield Junction is located in Fresno County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkfield Junction
  • Kern County
    • Kecks Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Kecks Corner is located in Kern County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Corner
  • Monterey County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Whitley Gardens, with the one closest to Whitley Gardens listed first.
    • Parkfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Bradley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleyto ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleyto is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleyto
  • San Mateo County

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

Cemeteries Near Whitley Gardens ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitley Gardens.

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 Whitley Gardens - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Clark Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Shandon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Paso Robles District Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Templeton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery is located in Atascadero.
    • The Atascadero Pine Mtn. Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Atascadero Cemetery
    • Pine Mtn. Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154678 <2>
  • Parkfield Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Imusdale Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Santa Margarita Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Adelaida Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Cayucos - Morro Bay District Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Quintana Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Mission Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • San Luis Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luis Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Luis Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of San Luis Obispo.
    • Sutcliffe Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutcliffe Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sutcliffe Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of San Luis Obispo.
    • Los Osos Valley Memorial Park
      (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 Whitley Gardens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Whitley Gardens.

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

  • Linne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Linne is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linne
  • Estrella
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Estrella is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
  • Shandon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Creston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Paso Robles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cholame
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • San Miguel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Templeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Asuncion
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Asuncion is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asuncion
  • Dove ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Dove is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove
  • Parkfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Annette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Annette is located in Kern County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annette
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Santa Margarita
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Valleton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Valleton is located in Monterey County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valleton
    • Adelaida
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Adelaida is located in San Luis Obispo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaida

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

Newspapers Published in Whitley Gardens ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitley Gardens.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitley Gardens, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitley Gardens.

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 helpful 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 Whitley Gardens:

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