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 Carcassonne (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 Carcassonne. 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 and 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.
Carcassonne is located in Letcher County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Letcher County: Harlan, Knott, Perry, Pike & Wise (VA).
Below are the counties that are near Carcassonne. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carcassonne:
- Letcher County (The home county of Carcassonne)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Blackey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blackey is located in Letcher County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
- Letcher
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Letcher is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letcher
- Jeremiah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roxana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
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- Isom
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Isom is located in Letcher County
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- Hallie
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hot Spot
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hot Spot is located in Letcher County
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- Hot Spot has also been known as:
- Hotspot
- Uz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Uz is located in Letcher County
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- Colson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colson is located in Letcher County
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- Bellcraft
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bellcraft is located in Letcher County
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- Flint
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Flint is located in Letcher County
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- Kings Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
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- West Whitesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Whitesburg is located in Letcher County
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- Breathitt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Hardshell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hardshell is located in Breathitt County
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- Clayhole
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clayhole is located in Breathitt County
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- Flintville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Flintville is located in Breathitt County
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- Lost Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lost Creek is located in Breathitt County
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- Whick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whick is located in Breathitt County
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- Kragon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kragon is located in Breathitt County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Wheelwright
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Bypro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dema
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
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- Weeksbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksbury
- Wheelwright Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hi Hat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin
- Wayland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wayland is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 373 people
- Garrett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Garrett is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Lackey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lackey is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lackey
- Hueysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McDowell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Cumberland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Benham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Chad is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chad
- Lynch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Totz
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Louellen
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Louellen is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louellen
- Big Laurel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Big Laurel is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Laurel
- Closplint
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Closplint is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Closplint
- Holmes Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Holmes Mill is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes Mill
- Putney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Short Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Short Town is located in Harlan County
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- Bailey Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Creek
- Darkmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Darkmont is located in Harlan County
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- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Redfox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
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- Sassafras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Littcarr
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
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- Pine Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Carrie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrie
- Hindman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Leburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pippa Passes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Emmalena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emmalena is located in Knott County
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- Fisty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fisty is located in Knott County
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- Garner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Tina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tina is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tina
- Kite
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kite is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kite
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Yeaddiss
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yeaddiss is located in Leslie County
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- Cutshin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cutshin is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutshin
- Smilax
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Smilax is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smilax
- Wooton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Wooton is located in Leslie County
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- Wendover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hyden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chappell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chappell is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chappell
- Confluence
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Confluence is located in Leslie County
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- Stinnett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stinnett is located in Leslie County
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- Hoskinston
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hoskinston is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskinston
- Asher
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Thousandsticks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Thousandsticks is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousandsticks
- Mozelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Magoffin County
- Gunlock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Vicco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Cornettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornettsville
- Scuddy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Acup
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Happy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Happy is located in Perry County
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- Jeff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Viper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Viper is located in Perry County
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- Slemp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Slemp is located in Perry County
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- Hardburly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hardburly is located in Perry County
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- Delphia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delphia is located in Perry County
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- Hazard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tribbey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tribbey is located in Perry County
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- Bulan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bulan is located in Perry County
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- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Myra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Myra is located in Pike County
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- Dorton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jonancy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
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- Virgie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
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- Hellier
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hellier is located in Pike County
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- Robinson Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Yeager
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
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- Lookout
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
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- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Darwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Clintwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lee County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Darnell Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Darnell Town is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell Town
- Keokee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Keokee is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokee
- Rawhide
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rawhide is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Saint Charles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Dryden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dryden is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
- Ely
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ely is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Pennington Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Osaka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Almira
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Haddonfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Pound
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Appalachia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Exeter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Exeter is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter
- Kent Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Blackwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Big Stone Gap
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Stone Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Stone Gap is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stone Gap
- Esserville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Hamilton town
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Wise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carcassonne, see our County-by-County Page for Carcassonne.
Cemeteries Near Carcassonne ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carcassonne.
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 Carcassonne - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carcassonne covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- James D Caudill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Solomon Whitaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dixon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dickson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickson Cemetery
- The Dickson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dixon Cemetery
- Isom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Horse Mill Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Stephen R. Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Christon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cornett Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (509 more) ...
- Turner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Whitaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Franklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Carcassonne in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carcassonne.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carcassonne, with the one closest to Carcassonne listed first.
- Indian Bottom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Indian Bottom is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Bottom
- Jeremiah
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roxana
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Roxana is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Sassafras
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smoot Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Smoot Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoot Creek
- Viper
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Viper is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viper
- Kings Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kings Creek is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Creek
- Whitesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Linefork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Linefork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linefork
- Hindman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Partridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Partridge is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Oven Fork
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Oven Fork is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oven Fork
- Sergent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent
- Deane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carcassonne. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carcassonne.
Newspapers Published in Carcassonne ...
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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carcassonne.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carcassonne, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carcassonne.
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 Carcassonne:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Letcher County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Breathitt County
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Leslie County
- Magoffin County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Dickenson County
- Lee County
- Norton City
- Wise County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Carcassonne) 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 Carcassonne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |