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 Finches Ferry (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 Finches Ferry. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Finches Ferry is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter & Tuscaloosa.
Below are the counties that are near Finches Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Finches Ferry:
- Greene County (The home county of Finches Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- Eutaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Knoxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Lizzieville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lizzieville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lizzieville
- Boligee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forkland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Mantua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- West Greene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Miller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Lewiston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Bibb County
- Pondville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pondville is located in Bibb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville
- Hale County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- Akron
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Village is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Village
- Sawyerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Powers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Moundville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Greensboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Arcola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Arcola is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcola
- Phipps ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Phipps is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phipps
- Rosemary
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rosemary is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
- Gallion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Gallion is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallion
- Prairieville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Prairieville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieville
- Newbern
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Newbern is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbern
- Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
- Marengo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- Aigleville ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Aigleville is located in Marengo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aigleville
- Demopolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Faunsdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- Brush Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brush Creek is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Creek
- Morgan Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Morgan Springs is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Springs
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- Benevola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benevola is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevola
- Olney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Olney is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- Aliceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- McMullen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- McMullen is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Garden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden is located in Pickens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
- Sumter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- Gainesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Gainesville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
- Epes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Epes is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- McDowell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McDowell is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDowell
- Moore Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Moore Town is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore Town
- Sumterville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sumterville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumterville
- Livingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Panola
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Panola is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panola
- Brewersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brewersville is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewersville
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bethel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Geiger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Geiger is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geiger
- Population from the 2020 Census: 142 people
- Coatopa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coatopa is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatopa
- Arrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arrington is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Emelle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Emelle is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emelle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
- Tuscaloosa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- Ralph
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Foster's
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Duncanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Duncanville is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Buhl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Buhl is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
- Elrod
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elrod is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elrod
- Ingleside Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside Village
- Sahama Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sahama Village is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sahama Village
- Coker
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Tuscaloosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- University
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- University is located in Tuscaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Finches Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Finches Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Finches Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Finches Ferry.
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 Finches Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Finches Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- New Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mesopotamia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beulah Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sample Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Greenon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Barnes Rancher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McGiffert Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Akron New Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Paul Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smiths Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (429 more) ...
- Zion Friendship Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson Chapel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Finches Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Finches Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Finches Ferry, with the one closest to Finches Ferry listed first.
- Eutaw
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evansville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Evansville is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Sawyerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Knoxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Knoxville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Union
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Boligee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Havana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Havana is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Forkland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Forkland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Powers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Powers is located in Hale County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
- Mount Hebron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Hebron is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Mantua
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mantua is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- West Greene
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Greene is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greene
- Miller
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Miller is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
- Greensboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Finches Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Finches Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Finches Ferry ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Finches Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Finches Ferry, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Finches Ferry.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Finches Ferry:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bibb County
- Hale County
- Marengo County
- Perry County
- Pickens County
- Sumter County
- Tuscaloosa 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> | 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 Finches Ferry, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Finches Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |