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 Lower Hall Landing (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 Lower Hall Landing. 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 Lower Hall Landing ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lower Hall Landing: Lower Hall Lndg. (or less commonly used: Lower Hall Lndng.)
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.
Lower Hall Landing is located in Baldwin 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 Baldwin County: Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington & Escambia (FL).
Below are the counties that are near Lower Hall Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Hall Landing:
- Baldwin County (The home county of Lower Hall Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Hall Landing, with the one closest to Lower Hall Landing listed first.
- Whitehouse Forks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Whitehouse Forks is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Forks
- Bromley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- Stapleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bay Minette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spanish Fort
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Stockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Park City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Daphne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Loxley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Phillipsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Phillipsville is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Montrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Latham
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Latham is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latham
- Fairhope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Escambia County
- Atmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mobile County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Hall Landing, with the one closest to Lower Hall Landing listed first.
- Creola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Creola is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Satsuma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Axis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Axis is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axis
- Chickasaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Saraland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mobile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prichard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eight Mile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Barry Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Barry Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barry Village
- Bucks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chastang
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chastang is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
- Country Club Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Country Club Village is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
- Chunchula
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Chunchula is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chunchula
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Hall Landing, with the one closest to Lower Hall Landing listed first.
- Fairford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fairford is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairford
- Malcolm
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Malcolm is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Sims Chapel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sims Chapel is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims Chapel
- Escambia County (FL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Hall Landing, with the one closest to Lower Hall Landing listed first.
- Walnut Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Barrineau Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Barrineau Park is located in Escambia County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrineau Park
- George County (MS)
- Howell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Howell is located in George County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Hall Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Hall Landing.
Cemeteries Near Lower Hall Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Hall Landing.
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 Lower Hall Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Hall Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Hall Landing, with the one closest to Lower Hall Landing listed first.
- Miller Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilkins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Westview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Johnson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blakeley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saluda Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bromley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Silbley Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dean Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stapleton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Little St. Louis Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Satsuma Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Douglasville Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smiths Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Lower Hall Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Hall Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Hall Landing, with the one closest to Lower Hall Landing listed first.
- Bromley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bromley is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bromley
- D'Olive
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- D'Olive is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for D'Olive
- Creola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Creola is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Bay Minette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Plateau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Plateau is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau
- Whistler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Whistler is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistler
- Prichard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mobile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stockton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Daphne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Carney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carney is located in Baldwin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carney
- Kushla
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kushla is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kushla
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Spring Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Hill is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Cox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cox is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
- Chastang
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chastang is located in Mobile County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chastang
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Hall Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Hall Landing.
Newspapers Published in Lower Hall Landing ...
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 144 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Hall Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Hall Landing, 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 Lower Hall Landing.
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 Lower Hall Landing:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Baldwin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Escambia County
- Mobile County
- Washington County
- Escambia County
- George 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lower Hall Landing) 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 Lower Hall Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |