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 Albany (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 Albany. 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 Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes instead of the parish in which they lived: their home parish contained property and probate records; the parish to the east contained birth and death records; the parish to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Albany is located in Livingston Parish.
To see how the shape of Louisiana's parishes may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following parishes adjoin and form the boundaries of Livingston Parish: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, Saint Helena, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist & Tangipahoa.
Below are the parishes that are near Albany. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Albany:
- Livingston Parish (The home parish of Albany)
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Starns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Livingston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Georgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Georgeville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgeville
- Killian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Clio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Maurepas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Walker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Oldfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oldfield is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- French Settlement
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Port Vincent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Denham Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Denham Springs is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denham Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,842 people
- Former names for Denham Springs:
- Amite Springs
- Hill's Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denham Springs <1>
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Summerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Claybank
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Galvez Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Brignac
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brignac is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brignac
- Galvez
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Little Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Hobart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Saint Amant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Brittany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duplessis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Villa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Villa is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Villa
- Oak Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Baywood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baywood is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
- Stonypoint ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stonypoint is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonypoint
- Greenwell Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Woodshire Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Pride
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Central
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Central is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,450 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central <1>
- Monticello
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monticello is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Old Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Boganvilla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Boganvilla is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boganvilla
- Perkins Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Inniswold
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Village Saint George
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- East Feliciana Parish
- Blairstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blairstown is located in East Feliciana Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairstown
- Saint Helena Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Montpelier
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Montpelier is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier
- Population from the 2020 Census: 239 people
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grangeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Grangeville is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grangeville
- Greensburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coleman Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coleman Town is located in Saint Helena Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Town
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Frenier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
- Garyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Laplace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Tammany Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Goodbee
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Goodbee is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbee
- Folsom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Madisonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Saint Benedict
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lewisburg is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Mandeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Baptist
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Natalbany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Genessee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
- Tickfaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wadesboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Ponchatoula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Robert
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Loranger
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amite City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Katie ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
- Akers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Washington Parish
- Stoney Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stoney Point is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Albany, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Albany.
Cemeteries Near Albany ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Albany.
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 Albany - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Albany covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Wagner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- James Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Margarets Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hungarian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Gatlin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nazarene Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kinchen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- New Beaula Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Galilee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Efferson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Carters Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (362 more) ...
- Springfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Hill 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.<2>
While we didn't find Albany in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Albany.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
- Springfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Starns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starns is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starns
- Springville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Springville is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
- Hammond
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tickfaw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ponchatoula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Killian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bayou Barbary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Barbary is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Barbary
- Colyell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Colyell is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colyell
- Clio
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Maurepas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Whitehall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehall is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Amite City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Walker
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Albany. See our List of 1890's Communities around Albany.
Newspapers Published in Albany ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Albany.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Albany, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Albany.
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 websites either 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 Albany:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Livingston Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- Saint Helena Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Tammany Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Washington Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Louisiana
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 Albany, 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' (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- Albany) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |