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 Janes Mill (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 Janes Mill. 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.
Name Variations for Janes Mill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Janes Mill: Janes Ml. (or less commonly used: Janes Mll.)
- While the name of this community is Janes Mill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Janes Mill may originally have been Jane's Mill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Janes Mill might be written as Jane Mill.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 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 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.
Janes Mill is located in Conecuh 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 Conecuh County: Butler, Covington, Escambia & Monroe.
Below are the counties that are near Janes Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Janes Mill:
- Conecuh County (The home county of Janes Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Janes Mill, with the one closest to Janes Mill listed first.
- Lenox
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Range
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Range is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Castleberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Castleberry is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Belleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Belleville is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Repton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sparta is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta has also been known as:
- Old Sparta
- Nymph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nymph is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nymph
- Jay Villa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jay Villa is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Villa
- Bermuda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bermuda is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Evergreen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Johnsonville is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonville
- Centerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Butler County
- Garland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Clarke County
- Barlow Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Barlow Bend is located in Clarke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow Bend
- Escambia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Janes Mill, with the one closest to Janes Mill listed first.
- Hammac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hammac is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
- Brewton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Brewton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Riverview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Pollard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Huxford
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Huxford is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huxford
- Flomaton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roberts
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roberts is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Atmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bradley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bradley is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Janes Mill, with the one closest to Janes Mill listed first.
- Excel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Excel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Goodway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Goodway is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodway
- Megargel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Megargel is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megargel
- Ollie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ollie is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie
- Burnt Corn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burnt Corn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Corn
- Frisco City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Monroeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Uriah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mexia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mexia is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexia
- Peterman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Peterman is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterman
- Pine Orchard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Orchard is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Tunnel Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tunnel Springs is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunnel Springs
- Former name for Tunnel Springs:
- Kempsville
- Escambia County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Janes Mill, with the one closest to Janes Mill listed first.
- Century
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Byrneville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Byrneville is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrneville
- McDavid
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- McDavid is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDavid
- Santa Rosa County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Janes Mill, with the one closest to Janes Mill listed first.
- Jay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <2>
- Belandville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belandville is located in Santa Rosa County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belandville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Janes Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Janes Mill.
Cemeteries Near Janes Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Janes Mill.
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 Janes Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Janes Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Janes Mill, with the one closest to Janes Mill listed first.
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ramah Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hanberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Range Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hammac Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Springhill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Weaver Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Buffington Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Marietta Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Emmons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Hill 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.<3>
While we didn't find Janes Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Janes Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Janes Mill, with the one closest to Janes Mill listed first.
- Range
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Range is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Range
- Wallace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Castleberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Castleberry is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
- Kirkland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kirkland is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
- Repton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Belleville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Belleville is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Hammac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hammac is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammac
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sparta is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta has also been known as:
- Old Sparta
- Brewton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jay Villa ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jay Villa is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Villa
- Bermuda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Bermuda is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bermuda
- Evergreen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pollard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Pollard is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people
- Burnt Corn
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burnt Corn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Corn
- Boykin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Boykin is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boykin
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Janes Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Janes Mill.
Newspapers Published in Janes Mill ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Janes Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Janes Mill, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Janes Mill.
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 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 Janes Mill:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Conecuh County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Clarke County
- Escambia County
- Monroe County
- Escambia County
- Santa Rosa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Janes Mill, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Janes Mill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |