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 Briggs 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 Briggs 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 Briggs 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Briggs Landing: Briggs Lndg. (or less commonly used: Briggs Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Briggs Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Briggs Landing may originally have been Brigg's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Briggs Landing might be written as Brigg Landing.
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 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.
Briggs Landing is located in Schuyler County.
To see how the shape of Illinois' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schuyler County: Adams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Mason & McDonough.
Below are the counties that are near Briggs Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Briggs Landing:
- Schuyler County (The home county of Briggs Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Frederick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Browning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bader
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bader is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bader
- Littleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Camden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Bluff City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bluff City is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Kellerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kellerville is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellerville
- Clayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Blacks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Blacks is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacks
- La Prairie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Golden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Beverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beverly is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Camp Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Cooperstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cooperstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Ripley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Gilbirds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbirds is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbirds
- Versailles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hersman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hersman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman
- Mount Sterling
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mound Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mound Station is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Timewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Beardstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Hagener
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hagener is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagener
- Bluff Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Arenzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jules
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jules is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jules
- Virginia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Burlingame
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burlingame is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlingame
- Chandlerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Old Princeton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Old Princeton is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Princeton
- Philadelphia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Sylvan ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sylvan is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvan
- Gurney ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gurney is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurney
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Astoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Vermont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Summum
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summum is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summum
- Marbletown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marbletown is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
- Table Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ipava
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Augusta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plymouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Snicarte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Snicarte is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snicarte
- White City
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- White City is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Bath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kilbourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Branch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Long Branch is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- McDonough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Doddsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Doddsville is located in McDonough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doddsville
- Industry
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Adair
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Menard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Oakford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tallula
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Meredosia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Concord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chapin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Morgan City ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Morgan City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City
- Arcadia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
- Literberry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lynnville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 113 people
- Jacksonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Jacksonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- South Jacksonville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jacksonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,075 people
- Prentice
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Prentice is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prentice
- Arnold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Woodson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pisgah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Chambersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Valley City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Valley City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14 people
- Griggsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Florence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Florence is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Detroit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Detroit is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Detroit
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- New Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Baylis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Milton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pittsfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Bluffs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Naples
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Exeter
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Exeter is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Oxville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Oxville is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxville
- Winchester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Alsey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glasgow is located in Scott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Briggs Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Briggs Landing.
Cemeteries Near Briggs Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briggs 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 Briggs Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Briggs Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Krohe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hulett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Howell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Langford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Adams Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lawler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cooperstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Black Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (560 more) ...
- Stephens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Serrot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonte Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 Briggs Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Briggs Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Briggs Landing, with the one closest to Briggs Landing listed first.
- Beardstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cooperstown is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Ripley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ripley is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Frederick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hagener
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hagener is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagener
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bluff Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gilbirds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbirds is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbirds
- Versailles
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arenzville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meredosia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Hersman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hersman is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hersman
- Browning
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cass ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cass is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Briggs Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briggs Landing.
Newspapers Published in Briggs 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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around Briggs Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Briggs Landing, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Briggs Landing.
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 helpful 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 Briggs Landing:
- Websites specific to Illinois
- Pages specific to Schuyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Brown County
- Cass County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Mason County
- McDonough County
- Menard County
- Morgan County
- Pike County
- Scott County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Illinois
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> | 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 Briggs Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Briggs Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |