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 Guernsey (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 Guernsey. 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.
Guernsey is located in White County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of White County: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Jasper, Pulaski & Tippecanoe.
Below are the counties that are near Guernsey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Guernsey:
- White County (The home county of Guernsey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Indiana Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indiana Beach is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indiana Beach
- Norway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Norway is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norway
- Sitka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Monticello
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Reynolds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Idaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Chalmers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Headlee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Burnettsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Burnettsville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnettsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
- Wolcott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Benton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Wadena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Wadena is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadena
- Otterbein
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkinson
- Templeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Templeton is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Fowler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oxford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gravel Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gravel Hill is located in Benton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Hill
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Yeoman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Pittsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Pittsburg is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
- Delphi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Burrows
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Burrows is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrows
- Camden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Radnor is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor
- Flora
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ockley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ockley is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ockley
- Pyrmont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pyrmont is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyrmont
- Bringhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bringhurst is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bringhurst
- Deer Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Deer Creek is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Owasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Owasco is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Lake Cicott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Cicott is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cicott
- Royal Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clymers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Clymers is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clymers
- Lucerne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lucerne is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne
- Dunkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dunkirk is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunkirk
- Verona
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Verona is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
- Leases Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leases Corner is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leases Corner
- Logansport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Deacon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Deacon is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deacon
- Young America
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Young America is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young America
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Edna Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Edna Mills is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Mills
- Rossville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sedalia is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedalia
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Grass Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Grass Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Creek
- Kewanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kewanna is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewanna
- Population from the 2020 Census: 598 people
- Lake Bruce
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Bruce is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bruce
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Remington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Collegeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Collegeville is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collegeville
- Rensselaer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Egypt
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Egypt is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Gifford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Tefft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Virgie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Fair Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Foresman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Foresman is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foresman
- Goodland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mount Ayr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Mount Ayr is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ayr
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Brook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Newton is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Francesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Star City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Thornhope is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornhope
- Former names for Thornhope:
- Parisville
- Rosedale
- Thornhope has also been known as:
- Oak
- Medaryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Winamac
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Denham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Denham is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham
- Beardstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beardstown is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardstown
- Lawton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lawton is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawton
- Monterey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Monterey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
- Starke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- San Pierre
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Aldine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Aldine is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- North Judson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ora is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ora
- Bass Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bass Lake is located in Starke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Lake
- Tippecanoe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Americus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Americus is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Battle Ground
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Buck Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Delp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Delp is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delp
- Indian Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Indian Village is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- West Lafayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Montmorenci
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Montmorenci is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montmorenci
- Lafayette
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elston is located in Tippecanoe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elston
- Dayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Warren County
- Green Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Guernsey, see our County-by-County Page for Guernsey.
Cemeteries Near Guernsey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Guernsey.
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 Guernsey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Guernsey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Hughes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hughes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the south of Buffalo.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #85462 <3>
- Bedford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bunnell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cutler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Warden Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wilson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swisher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- River View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Monon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- High Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- Schock Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- State View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Leazenby Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Guernsey had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Guernsey, with the one closest to Guernsey listed first.
- Reynolds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monticello
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sitka
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sitka is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sitka
- Monon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Smithson is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson
- Buffalo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Patton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Patton is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patton
- Seafield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Seafield is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seafield
- Chalmers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chalmers is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalmers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Idaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Idaville is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaville
- Yeoman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yeoman is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeoman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Headlee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Headlee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headlee
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lakeside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lakeside is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Sleeth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sleeth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleeth
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Guernsey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Guernsey.
Newspapers Published in Guernsey ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Guernsey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Guernsey, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Guernsey.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Guernsey:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to White County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Benton County
- Carroll County
- Cass County
- Clinton County
- Fulton County
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Pulaski County
- Starke County
- Tippecanoe County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Guernsey) 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 Guernsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |