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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 Oberry (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 Oberry. 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 doctors 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.

Oberry is located in Atkinson County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Atkinson County: Berrien, Clinch, Coffee, Lanier & Ware.

Below are the counties that are near Oberry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oberry:

  • Atkinson County     (The home county of Oberry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.
    • Leliaton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
    • Willacoochee
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pearson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Axson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bacon County
    • Guysie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Guysie is located in Bacon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guysie
      • Estimated population in 2019: 2,226 people
  • Ben Hill County
    • Fitzgerald
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.
    • Alapaha
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Nashville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Enigma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Ray City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Clinch County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.
    • Cogdell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cogdell is located in Clinch County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cogdell
    • Homerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Du Pont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Argyle
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.
    • Mora
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
    • Douglas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • Ambrose
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Broxton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • West Green
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Nicholls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.
    • Lenox
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Staunton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Staunton is located in Cook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staunton
    • Sparks
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Irwin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.
    • Wray
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ocilla
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Mystic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Irwinville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jeff Davis County
    • Denton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lanier County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.
    • Lakeland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Stockton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Telfair County
    • Jacksonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Tift County
  • Ware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.
    • Millwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Talmo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Talmo is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmo
    • Manor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oberry, see our County-by-County Page for Oberry.

Cemeteries Near Oberry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oberry.

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 Oberry - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oberry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.

  • Mora Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hebron Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Oak Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Nolan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Death Age Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Daniel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Joseph Carver Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Vickers Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • John Carver Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Illa Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Carver Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • McClelland Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (206 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Purvis Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Moore Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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 Oberry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oberry.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Oberry, with the one closest to Oberry listed first.

  • Lax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Lax is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax
  • Douglas
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Alapaha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Broxton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Nashville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Millwood
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Enigma
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Bickley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Bickley is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley
  • Nicholls
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brookfield
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Homerville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Du Pont
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Beach is located in Ware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Lenox
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jacksonville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oberry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oberry.

Newspapers Published in Oberry ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oberry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oberry, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oberry.

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 either 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 Oberry:

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>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.
<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 Oberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Oberry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.