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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 Brantleyville (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 Brantleyville. 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 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.

Brantleyville is located in Shelby 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 Shelby County: Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Jefferson, Saint Clair & Talladega.

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

  • Shelby County     (The home county of Brantleyville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantleyville, with the one closest to Brantleyville listed first.
    • Maylene
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Siluria
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Alabaster
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Tulse
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tulse is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
    • Saginaw
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Saginaw is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
    • Helena
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Falliston
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Falliston is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
    • Bamford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bamford is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
    • Sawmill Town
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sawmill Town is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill Town
    • Tacoa
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Tacoa is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
    • Montevallo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Aden
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bibb County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantleyville, with the one closest to Brantleyville listed first.
    • Eddings
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Eddings is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddings
    • Cane Creek ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Cane Creek is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
    • Seymour
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Seymour is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
    • Brierfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Belle Ellen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Nash Town ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Nash Town is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash Town
    • Ashby
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Italian Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Italian Town is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italian Town
    • Green Pond
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodstock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Blocton ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Blocton is located in Bibb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blocton
    • Blocton Junction
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Blount County
    • Dale ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Dale is located in Blount County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Chilton County
  • Coosa County
    • Aucheucaula ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Aucheucaula is located in Coosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheucaula
  • Jefferson County
  • Perry County
  • Saint Clair County
    • Vincent
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Vincent is located in Saint Clair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,223 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vincent <1>
  • Talladega County
  • Tuscaloosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantleyville, with the one closest to Brantleyville listed first.
    • Tannehill
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Tannehill is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tannehill
    • Lake View
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Lake View is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
    • Abernant
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Vance
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Vance is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vance <1>
    • Bull City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bull City is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull City
    • Brookwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Kellerman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Coaling
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people
    • Hagler
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Brantleyville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brantleyville.

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 Brantleyville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Maylene Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Goodson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Still Memorial Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Benten Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Siluria Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Ryan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • David Lindsay Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Macedonia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ray Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (421 more) ...
    • Moores Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Harles Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Black Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Maylene
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Siluria
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Tulse
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tulse is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulse
  • Dogwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Dogwood is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood
  • Helena
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Gurnee
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Gurnee is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurnee
  • Longview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Longview is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Falliston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Falliston is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falliston
  • Bamford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bamford is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamford
  • Anita
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Anita is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anita
  • Tacoa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Tacoa is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoa
  • Boothton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Boothton is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boothton
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Brantleyville ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brantleyville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brantleyville, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brantleyville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Brantleyville:

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>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 Brantleyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brantleyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.