Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Ferber Mining District. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ferber Mining District to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ferber Mining District, please Contact Us.

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 Ferber Mining District (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 Ferber Mining District. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Ferber Mining District is historic, it would have been located within present day Elko County.

To see how the shape of Nevada's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elko County: Cassia (ID), Owyhee (ID), Twin Falls (ID), Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, White Pine, Box Elder (UT) & Tooele (UT).

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

White Pine County
- Tippett
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tippett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tippett
  - Tippett is located in White Pine County
Juab County (UT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferber Mining District, with the one closest to Ferber Mining District listed first.
- Goshute
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshute
  - Goshute is located in Juab County (UT)
- Callao
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  - Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Callao have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callao
  - Callao is located in Juab County (UT)
  - Callao has also been known as:
  - Willow Springs Station
  - Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Callao <3>
Tooele County (UT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferber Mining District, with the one closest to Ferber Mining District listed first.
- Gold Hill
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  - Gold Hill is located in Tooele County (UT)
- Ibapah
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ibapah
  - Ibapah is located in Tooele County (UT)
  - Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ibapah <3>
- Clifton ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
  - Clifton is located in Tooele County (UT)
- Canyon Station ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  - Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Canyon Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Station
  - Canyon Station is located in Tooele County (UT)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ferber Mining District:

Websites specific to Nevada
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Nevada State Library and Archives

Pages specific to Elko County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails

Genealogy information for nearby counties
- White Pine County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Juab County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Tooele County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails

Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Elko County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Nevada
- Cemeteries of Elko County

Cemeteries Near Ferber Mining District ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ferber Mining District.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

Ibapah Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ibapah Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77278 <5>

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.

While we didn't find Ferber Mining District in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ferber Mining District.

Ibapah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ibapah
- Ibapah is located in Tooele County (UT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ibapah <3>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Elko County: www.elkocountynv.net/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	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 Ferber Mining District, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>	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.