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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 Osierfield (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 Osierfield. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Osierfield is located in Irwin 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 Irwin County: Ben Hill, Berrien, Coffee, Tift & Turner.

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

  • Irwin County     (The home county of Osierfield)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Wray
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ocilla
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mystic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Irwinville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Arp
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Arp is located in Irwin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arp
  • Atkinson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Willacoochee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Leliaton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Leliaton is located in Atkinson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leliaton
    • Pearson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ben Hill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Fitzgerald
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Abba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Berrien County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Alapaha
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Enigma
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coffee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Ambrose
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Broxton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Douglas
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Mora
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mora is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
      • Estimated population in 2019: 444 people
    • Oak Park
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Oak Park is located in Coffee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 470 people
    • West Green
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Nicholls
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Dodge County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Rhine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Chauncey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Jeff Davis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Kirkland
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Kirkland is located in Jeff Davis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkland
    • Denton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Telfair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Milan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Helena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • McRae - Helena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • McRae
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • McRae is located in Telfair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRae
  • Tift County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Brookfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Chula
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Abac
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tifton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Phillipsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Phillipsburg is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
    • Unionville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Unionville is located in Tift County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Turner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Rebecca
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sycamore
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Wilcox County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Osierfield, with the one closest to Osierfield listed first.
    • Owensboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Owensboro is located in Wilcox County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensboro
    • Abbeville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rochelle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Osierfield ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Osierfield.

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

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

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

  • Osierfield Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Dicksons Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • McMillan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Tucker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Prospect Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • McMillan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitleys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Paulk Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Holt Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Henderson Chapel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Troup Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (279 more) ...
    • Mc Cook Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Frank Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Smith 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 Osierfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Osierfield.

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

  • Jacksonville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • China Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • China Hill is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
  • Lax
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Lax is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lax
  • Broxton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Temperance
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Temperance is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance
  • Irwinville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Abba
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Abba is located in Ben Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abba
  • Sibbie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sibbie is located in Wilcox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibbie
  • Douglas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cobbville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Cobbville is located in Telfair County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbville
  • Alapaha
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Enigma
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rhine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Brookfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Copeland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Copeland is located in Dodge County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copeland

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

Newspapers Published in Osierfield ...

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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Osierfield.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Osierfield, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Osierfield.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Osierfield:

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 Osierfield, 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- Osierfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.