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 Capri Islands (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 Capri Islands. 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.
Capri Islands 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 Capri Islands. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Capri Islands:
- Talladega County (The home county of Capri Islands)
- The following are listed by their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Colony
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Talladega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Munford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Logan Martin Dam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- Grant Town
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- McElderry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- McElderry is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McElderry
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Alpine
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ironaton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ironaton is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironaton
- East Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Straight Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Appalachian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Highland Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Dale ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Remlap
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Eastaboga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Bynum
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bynum is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bynum
- Bynum has also been known as:
- Bynum's
- Macon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Eulaton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eulaton is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulaton
- Cobb Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cobb Town is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb Town
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Bera ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Morrisville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Erin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Elder
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elder is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Haynes Crossroad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Haynes Crossroad is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Crossroad
- Ashland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,872 people
- Harkins Crossroads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harkins Crossroads is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkins Crossroads
- Millerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millerville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville
- Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barfield is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfield
- Lineville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hollins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hollins is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollins
- Cleburne County
- Abel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Abel is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abel
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Brannon Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brannon Springs
- Markton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Markton is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markton
- Pilgrims Rest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Rainbow City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Cobb City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cobb City is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb City
- Attalla
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gallant
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Glencoe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Leeds
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Breakstone Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Roper
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Scott City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Cahaba Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Lola City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Ayres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- McCombs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Trussville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Alton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Clair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Seddon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cropwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Avondale Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Glen City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Coal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Fountainrun ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fountainrun is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainrun
- Wattsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Cook's Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Ragland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Calcis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Sterrett
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Harpersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vandiver
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dunavant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Dunnavant
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Westover
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Westover is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,769 people
- Shoal Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Wilsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Chelsea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Purdy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Capri Islands, see our County-by-County Page for Capri Islands.
Cemeteries Near Capri Islands ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Capri Islands.
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 Capri Islands - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Capri Islands covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Mays Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McCellan Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Robert Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walkers Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seddon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Valley Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the south of Pell City.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #26861 <3>
- Coosa Valley Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Florence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Refuge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Hubbard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hepzibah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Freeze Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Capri Islands in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Capri Islands.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Capri Islands, with the one closest to Capri Islands listed first.
- Eureka
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Eureka is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Stemley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stemley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemley
- Lincoln
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Seddon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Riverside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cropwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pell City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Refuge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Refuge is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Refuge
- Renfroe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Renfroe is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfroe
- Coal City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Eden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Talladega
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eastaboga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Capri Islands. See our List of 1890's Communities around Capri Islands.
Newspapers Published in Capri Islands ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Capri Islands.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Capri Islands, 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 Capri Islands.
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 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 Capri Islands:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Talladega County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Saint Clair County
- Shelby 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 '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- Capri Islands) 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 Capri Islands, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |