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 Siskiyou (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 Siskiyou. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Siskiyou is located in Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Oregon's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Siskiyou (CA), Douglas, Josephine & Klamath.
Below are the counties that are near Siskiyou. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Siskiyou:
- Jackson County (The home county of Siskiyou)
- The following are listed by their distance from Siskiyou, with the one closest to Siskiyou listed first.
- Colestin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shale City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shale City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Talent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Phoenix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sterlingville ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sterlingville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
- Buncom
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Buncom is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
- Medford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ruch
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Central Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Copper ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Copper is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
- Siskiyou County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Siskiyou, with the one closest to Siskiyou listed first.
- Hornbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ager
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Klamath River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Yreka
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Yreka is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- 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>
- Montague
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Little Shasta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
- Grenada
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hamburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Scott Bar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Siskiyou, see our County-by-County Page for Siskiyou.
Cemeteries Near Siskiyou ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Siskiyou.
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 Siskiyou - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Siskiyou covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Siskiyou, with the one closest to Siskiyou listed first.
- Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hill Dunn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wells Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scenic Hills Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ashland Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Henley - Hornbrook Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hargadine Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Meyers Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stearn Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (30 more) ...
- Kanaka Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Phoenix Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Siskiyou in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Siskiyou.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Siskiyou, with the one closest to Siskiyou listed first.
- Steinman
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Steinman is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Colestin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Gregory
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Barron ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Barron is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hornbrook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Henley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Henley is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Talent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gottsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gottsville is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gottsville
- Ager
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Phoenix
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Walker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Walker is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Beswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Medford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Siskiyou. See our List of 1890's Communities around Siskiyou.
Newspapers Published in Siskiyou ...
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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Siskiyou.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Siskiyou, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Siskiyou.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Siskiyou:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
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 Siskiyou, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Siskiyou) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |