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 Almadane (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 Almadane. 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/Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring parishes/counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next parish to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the parish to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes/counties 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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring parishes/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Almadane is located in Vernon 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 Vernon Parish: Allen, Beauregard, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine & Newton (TX).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Almadane. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Almadane:
- Vernon Parish (The home parish of Almadane)
- The following are listed by their distance from Almadane, with the one closest to Almadane listed first.
- Evans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Savage Fork
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Savage Fork is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Fork
- Pinewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pinewood is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood
- Rosepine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elmwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Pickering
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Billy Goat Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Billy Goat Hill is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billy Goat Hill
- New Llano
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Westwood Village is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Fertitta Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fertitta Park is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertitta Park
- Fort Polk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beauregard Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Almadane, with the one closest to Almadane listed first.
- Ludington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ludington is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludington
- Merryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- DeRidder
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ikes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Ikes is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ikes
- Newlin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Newlin is located in Beauregard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
- Singer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Longville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sugartown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sabine Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Almadane, with the one closest to Almadane listed first.
- Rock ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rock is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
- Toro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Toro is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
- Jasper County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Almadane, with the one closest to Almadane listed first.
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Browndell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Browndell is located in Jasper County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Kirbyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newton County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Almadane, with the one closest to Almadane listed first.
- Burkeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shanklerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Shanklerville is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanklerville
- Wiergate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Toledo Bend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Toledo Bend is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Toledo Bend
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hughes is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Toledo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Toledo is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Bon Wier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bleakwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
- Sabine County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Almadane, with the one closest to Almadane listed first.
- Fairmount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Sabine County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Mason
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mason is located in Sabine County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Almadane, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Almadane.
Cemeteries Near Almadane ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Almadane.
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 Almadane - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Almadane covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Almadane, with the one closest to Almadane listed first.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evans Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Evans.
- The Evans Cemetery has also been known as:
- Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery
- Galilee Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #67468 <3>
- Hinson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Griggs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cooper Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Cypress Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burr Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Burr Ferry Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Simmons Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cypress Creek Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (126 more) ...
- Tanner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Craft Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hennican Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
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 Almadane in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Almadane.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Almadane, with the one closest to Almadane listed first.
- Burkeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elmwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Caney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Caney is located in Vernon Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caney
- Newton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toledo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Toledo is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
- Farrsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Farrsville is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farrsville
- Leesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Belgrade
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belgrade is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgrade
- Fairmount
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairmount is located in Sabine County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Anacoco
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Toro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Toro is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toro
- Bleakwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bleakwood is located in Newton County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleakwood
- Columbus ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Columbus is located in Sabine Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Jasper
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Almadane. See our List of 1890's Communities around Almadane.
Newspapers Published in Almadane ...
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 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Almadane.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Almadane, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Almadane.
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 Almadane:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Vernon Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Beauregard Parish
- Sabine Parish
- Jasper County
- Newton County
- Sabine County
- 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Almadane) 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 Almadane, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |