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 Tanyard (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 Tanyard. 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.
Tanyard is located in Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County: Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby & Talladega.
Below are the counties that are near Tanyard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tanyard:
- Saint Clair County (The home county of Tanyard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Coal City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Wattsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Wattsville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
- Avondale Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Avondale Village is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale Village
- Glen City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen City
- Pell City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Odenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cook's Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Cropwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seddon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Appalachian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Appalachian is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appalachian
- Straight Mountain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain
- Highland Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Highland Lake is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Dale ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dale is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
- Remlap
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Allgood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allgood is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Compton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Compton is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Oneonta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Taits Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Taits Gap is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taits Gap
- Selfville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Selfville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selfville
- Dallas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
- Deavers
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Deavers is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deavers
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Bruner ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bruner is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Macon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Macon is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
- Boozer ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Boozer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boozer
- Blue Eye ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Blue Eye is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Eye
- Eastaboga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cane Creek is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Ohatchee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bynum
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Beasley ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beasley is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beasley
- Morrisville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Morrisville is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville
- Cochran Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cochran Springs is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochran Springs
- Bera ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bera is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bera
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Chambers Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Springs
- Erin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Erin is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin
- Etowah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Clear Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Clear Springs is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Springs
- Nix ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nix is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Brannon Springs ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- 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
- Gallant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gallant is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallant
- Pilgrims Rest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pilgrims Rest is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Rest
- Altoona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rainbow City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Attalla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Benson ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Ivalee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ivalee is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivalee
- Walnut Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut Grove is located in Etowah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 692 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Leeds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Breakstone Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Breakstone Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakstone Village
- East Trussville ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Trussville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trussville
- Roper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Roper is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roper
- Ayres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ayres is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres
- Scott City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Scott City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Cahaba Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cahaba Village is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cahaba Village
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Clay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lola City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lola City is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola City
- Trussville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- McCombs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- McCombs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCombs
- Shelby County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Dunnavant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dunnavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunnavant
- Calcis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calcis is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcis
- Sterrett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vandiver
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunavant is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Harpersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Shoal Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shoal Creek is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoal Creek
- Westover
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Bridgeton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgeton is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Lake Purdy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Purdy is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Purdy
- Chelsea
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook
- Talladega County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Colony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Colony is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony
- Windsong Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Windsong Island is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsong Island
- Lincoln
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Logan Martin Dam
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Logan Martin Dam is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Martin Dam
- East Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Bend is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bend
- Nottingham ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Nottingham is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nottingham
- Former name for Nottingham:
- Jones Camp Ground
- Talladega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Grant Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grant Town is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Town
- Munford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Winterboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Winterboro is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winterboro
- Coldwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tanyard, see our County-by-County Page for Tanyard.
Cemeteries Near Tanyard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tanyard.
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 Tanyard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tanyard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Bowman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Karr Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Clair Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roberts Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boykin Truitt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Arrow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harkeys Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Popes Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Continue List (293 more) ...
- Seddon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garden of Memories Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Tanyard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tanyard.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tanyard, with the one closest to Tanyard listed first.
- Eden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Coal City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Pell City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cook's Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cook's Springs is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook's Springs
- Odenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cropwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seddon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seddon is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seddon
- Branchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Branchville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wolf Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Creek is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Easonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Easonville is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonville
- Brompton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brompton is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brompton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fairview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Moody
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Moody is located in Saint Clair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,292 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moody <1>
- Stemley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stemley is located in Talladega County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stemley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tanyard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tanyard.
Newspapers Published in Tanyard ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tanyard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tanyard, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tanyard.
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 Tanyard:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Saint Clair County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Etowah County
- Jefferson County
- Shelby County
- Talladega 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tanyard) 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 Tanyard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |