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 Berney's (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 Berney's. 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.
Berney's is located in Talladega County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Talladega County: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Saint Clair & Shelby.
Below are the counties that are near Berney's. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Berney's:
- Talladega County (The home county of Berney's)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Rendalia
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Abihka ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Abihka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abihka
- Winterboro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Talladega
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Sycamore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Chandler Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Oldfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Ironaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Bon Air
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bon Air is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Eastaboga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bynum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Eulaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Chinnabee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chinnabee is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinnabee
- Cobb Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Hobson City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hobson City is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Macon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Friendship
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Friendship is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Erin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Hollins
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Millerville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Ashland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Lineville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Elder
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Haynes Crossroad
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Barfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Mellow Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mellow Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mellow Valley
- Delta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cleburne County
- Abel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Coosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Goodwater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Olive is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Stewartville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Stewartville is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartville
- Weogufka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Weogufka is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weogufka
- Kellyton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Kellyton is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellyton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Leeds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Scott City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Lola City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- McCombs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Roper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Randolph County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Christiana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Christiana is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiana
- Ofelia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ofelia is located in Randolph County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ofelia
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Cropwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vincent
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Seddon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Glen City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Avondale Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Pell City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Coal City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cook's Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Brompton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Harpersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Calcis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Sterrett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Westover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Vandiver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dunavant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Merrell Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Merrell Beach is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrell Beach
- Chelsea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Columbiana
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tallapoosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Hackneyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hackneyville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackneyville
- Goldville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goldville is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Cowpens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cowpens is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowpens
- New Site
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Site is located in Tallapoosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Site
- Population from the 2020 Census: 755 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Berney's, see our County-by-County Page for Berney's.
Cemeteries Near Berney's ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berney's.
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 Berney's - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Berney's covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Mardisville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Midway Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Winterboro Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smelley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Smelley Cemetery is located 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south of Talladega.
- The Smelley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Smelley Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2495949 <3>
- Germany Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany Cemetery
- The Germany Cemetery has also been known as:
- Germany Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #22989 <3>
- Moberley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Armbrester Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pilgrim Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kingston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (344 more) ...
- Allen - Sims Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Berney's had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Berney's, with the one closest to Berney's listed first.
- Rendalia
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rendalia is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rendalia
- Smelley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smelley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelley
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Alpine
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Renfroe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Talladega
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sycamore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Waldo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Waldo is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 272 people
- Chandler Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Chandler Springs is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandler Springs
- Hatchet Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hatchet Creek is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchet Creek
- Oldfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Oldfield is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Zubers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zubers is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zubers
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ironaton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- Childersburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Stemley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stemley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Berney's. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berney's.
Newspapers Published in Berney's ...
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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Berney's.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Berney's, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Berney's.
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 Berney's:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Coosa County
- Jefferson County
- Randolph County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby County
- Tallapoosa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Berney's) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Berney's, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |