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 Rachel (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 Rachel. 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 Rachel ...

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 have occurred.

Over the years, Rachel had several name changes:

• Prior to its current name of Rachel, it was known as Sandy Springs.
• Before changing to Sandy Springs, it was named Tempiute Village.

• Rachel was originally named Tempiute Village

Rachel has also been known as: Penoyer Valley, Sand Springs Valley, Tem Piute and Tempiute.

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.

A Few Details for Rachel ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

• Rachel was founded in May 1973.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Rachel is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Mohave (AZ), Clark, Nye, White Pine, Beaver (UT), Iron (UT), Millard (UT) & Washington (UT).

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

• Lincoln County     (The home county of Rachel)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Rachel, with the one closest to Rachel listed first.
  • Hiko
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiko
    • Hiko is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiko <1>
  • Crystal Springs
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
    • Crystal Springs is located in Lincoln County

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

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 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 Rachel:

• 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cemeteries of Lincoln County

Cemeteries Near Rachel ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rachel.

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).

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

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

• Rachel Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rachel Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2239784 <2>
• Schofield Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schofield Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2218600 <2>
• Castles Family Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Castles Family Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the south of Crystal Springs.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Castles Family Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2308798 <2>
• Hiko Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hiko Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2218603 <2>
• Pine Creek Ranch Family Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Creek Ranch Family Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2206817 <2>

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

• Hiko
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiko
  • Hiko is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hiko <1>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rachel: www.rachel-nevada.com/

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.nv.us/

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