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 Emanuel (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 Emanuel. 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 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.
Emanuel is located in Knox 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 Knox County: Bell, Clay, Laurel & Whitley.
Below are the counties that are near Emanuel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Emanuel:
- Knox County (The home county of Emanuel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Barbourville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heidrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heidrick is located in Knox County
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- Cannon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cannon is located in Knox County
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- Gray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bimble
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Girdler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Girdler is located in Knox County
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- Hinkle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hinkle is located in Knox County
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- Crane Nest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crane Nest is located in Knox County
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- Artemus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Artemus is located in Knox County
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- Bryants Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bryants Store is located in Knox County
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- North Corbin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Corbin is located in Knox County
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- Dewitt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dewitt is located in Knox County
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- Flat Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Lick is located in Knox County
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- Bell County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Fourmile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fourmile is located in Bell County
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- Ingram
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ingram is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Dorton Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dorton Branch is located in Bell County
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- Pineville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rella
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rella is located in Bell County
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- Sims Fork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sims Fork is located in Bell County
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- Arjay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Arjay is located in Bell County
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- Straight Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Straight Creek is located in Bell County
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- Wasioto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wasioto is located in Bell County
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- Frakes
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Frakes is located in Bell County
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- Pearl
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pearl is located in Bell County
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- Jenson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jenson is located in Bell County
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- Kettle Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kettle Island is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Island
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Urban
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Urban is located in Clay County
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- Brightshade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brightshade is located in Clay County
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- Hima
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hima is located in Clay County
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- Garrard
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Garrard is located in Clay County
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- Goose Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Goose Rock is located in Clay County
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- Ashers Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ashers Fork is located in Clay County
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- Manchester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Larue
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Larue is located in Clay County
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- Sidell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sidell is located in Clay County
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- Fogertown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fogertown is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogertown
- Benge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Benge is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benge
- Fall Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fall Rock is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Rock
- Burning Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Burning Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Tacky Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Tacky Town is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacky Town
- Coldiron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pathfork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pathfork is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pathfork
- South Wallins
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Wallins is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
- Wallins Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
- Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
- Twila
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Twila is located in Harlan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Peoples
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Peoples is located in Jackson County
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- Annville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dabolt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dabolt is located in Jackson County
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- Tyner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Tyner is located in Jackson County
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- Laurel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Hopewell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell is located in Laurel County
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- Dorthae
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dorthae is located in Laurel County
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- Lily
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lake is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Bush
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bush is located in Laurel County
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- Marydell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Marydell is located in Laurel County
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- Keavy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Keavy is located in Laurel County
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- Sublimity City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sublimity City is located in Laurel County
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- Maplesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Maplesville is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplesville
- London
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsburg is located in Laurel County
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- Bernstadt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bernstadt is located in Laurel County
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- East Bernstadt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Leslie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Roark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Roark is located in Leslie County
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- Warbranch
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Warbranch is located in Leslie County
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- Bear Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Branch is located in Leslie County
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- Essie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Essie is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essie
- Asher
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Asher is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asher
- Helton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Helton is located in Leslie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helton
- Mozelle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mozelle is located in Leslie County
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- Pulaski County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Mount Victory
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Victory is located in Pulaski County
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- Whetstone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Whetstone is located in Pulaski County
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- Acorn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Acorn is located in Pulaski County
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- Dykes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dykes is located in Pulaski County
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- Whitley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Woodbine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
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- Corbin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Louden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Louden is located in Whitley County
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- Rockholds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Siler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Siler is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler
- Verne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Verne is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Nevisdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Nevisdale is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevisdale
- Packard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Packard is located in Whitley County
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- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Williamsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Emlyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Emlyn is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emlyn
- Pleasant View
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Saxton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton is located in Whitley County
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- Campbell County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Jellico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Morley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Morley is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- White Oak
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- White Oak is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oak
- Habersham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Habersham is located in Campbell County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Habersham
- Claiborne County (TN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Pruden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pruden is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pruden
- Hamlin Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hamlin Town is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin Town
- Clairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clairfield is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clairfield
- Cumberland Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harrogate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shawanee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shawanee is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawanee
- Minton Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Minton Mill is located in Claiborne County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minton Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 527 people
- Speedwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lee County (VA)
- Wheeler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wheeler is located in Lee County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Emanuel, see our County-by-County Page for Emanuel.
Cemeteries Near Emanuel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Emanuel.
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 Emanuel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Emanuel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Pfaff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Phipps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bratton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawn Cemetery
- The Hawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fisher Cemetery
- Jacob Hawn Cemetery
- Shupe - Hawn Cemetery
- Powell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mayhew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tuggle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hutchison Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Turner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clouse Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brafford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Continue List (525 more) ...
- Baker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- John W. Campbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Emanuel had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Emanuel, with the one closest to Emanuel listed first.
- Barbourville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gray
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Girdler
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Girdler is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler
- Crane Nest
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crane Nest is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Nest
- Tuttle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tuttle is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuttle
- Fletcher
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fletcher is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Artemus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Artemus is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artemus
- Bryants Store
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bryants Store is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryants Store
- Woodbine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodbine is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
- Corbin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Flat Lick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Flat Lick is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Lick
- Cane Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cane Creek is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cane Creek
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Rockholds
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockholds is located in Whitley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockholds
- Lily
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lily is located in Laurel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
- Walker
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Walker is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Emanuel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Emanuel.
Newspapers Published in Emanuel ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Emanuel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Emanuel, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Emanuel.
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 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 Emanuel:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Knox County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bell County
- Clay County
- Harlan County
- Jackson County
- Laurel County
- Leslie County
- Pulaski County
- Whitley County
- Campbell County
- Claiborne County
- Lee 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> | 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 Emanuel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Emanuel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |