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 Bardel (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 Bardel. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most doctors were in the next parish to the west. 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 west 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.
Bardel is located in Richland 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 Richland Parish: Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita & West Carroll.
Below are the parishes that are near Bardel. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bardel:
- Richland Parish (The home parish of Bardel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Rayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Start
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Ridge is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Dunn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dunn is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Archibald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Delhi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mangham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Light
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- New Light is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Franklin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Baskinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Baskinton is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskinton
- Big Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Big Creek is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Baskin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crowville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Winnsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Swampers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Swampers is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampers
- Liddieville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Liddieville is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liddieville
- Madison Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Waverly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Tendal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tendal is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tendal
- Quebec
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Quebec is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
- Morehouse Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Windsor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Collinston
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mer Rouge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bastrop
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brodnax ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Brodnax is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodnax
- Bonita
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jones
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ouachita Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Swartz
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Leisure Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leisure Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Spanish City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spanish City is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish City
- Fairbanks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Northpark Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Northpark Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northpark Village
- Pino Bayou Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pino Bayou Village is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pino Bayou Village
- Richwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Richwood is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,375 people
- Sterlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monroe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- West Monroe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Monroe is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,086 people
- Claiborne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Claiborne is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claiborne
- Bosco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bosco is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosco
- Cuba
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
- Union Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Ouachita City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ouachita City is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouachita City
- Haile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haile is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haile
- Wilhite
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wilhite is located in Union Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhite
- West Carroll Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Epps
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Epps is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epps
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epps <1>
- Darnell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Darnell is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darnell
- Pioneer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Forest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fiske
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fiske is located in West Carroll Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiske
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bardel, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Bardel.
Cemeteries Near Bardel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bardel.
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 Bardel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bardel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Trio Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- James Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Irwin Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Roberts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Love & Charity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Royal Blue Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Conger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wimberley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Horn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (130 more) ...
- Masonic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wynn Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Start Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
While we didn't find Bardel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bardel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bardel, with the one closest to Bardel listed first.
- Oak Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Girard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Girard is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
- Rayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bee Bayou
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Bayou is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Bayou
- Crew Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Crew Lake is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crew Lake
- Holly Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Ridge is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Doss ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Doss is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doss
- Archibald
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cleora ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cleora is located in Morehouse Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
- Millhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Millhaven is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millhaven
- Alto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Alto is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Mer Rouge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mangham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Delhi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Sicard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sicard is located in Ouachita Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bardel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bardel.
Newspapers Published in Bardel ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bardel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bardel, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bardel.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Bardel:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Richland Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Franklin Parish
- Madison Parish
- Morehouse Parish
- Ouachita Parish
- Union Parish
- West Carroll 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bardel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Bardel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |