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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 Bayou Liberty Gardens (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 Bayou Liberty Gardens. 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.

Name Variations for Bayou Liberty Gardens ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Bayou Liberty Gardens: Bayou Liberty Gdns. (or less commonly used: Bayou Liberty Gardns., Bayou Liberty Grdens. or Bayou Liberty Grdns.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals 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/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 north 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.

Bayou Liberty Gardens is located in Saint Tammany 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 Saint Tammany Parish: Jefferson, Orleans, Tangipahoa, Washington, Hancock (MS) & Pearl River (MS).

Below are the parishes/counties that are near Bayou Liberty Gardens. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens:

  • Saint Tammany Parish     (The home parish of Bayou Liberty Gardens)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.
    • Huntwyck Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Huntwyck Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck Village
    • Slidell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <1>
    • Browns Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
    • Lake Shore Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Shore Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
    • Bon Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
    • Tanglewood Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Tanglewood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
    • McClane City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • McClane City is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClane City
    • Lake Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
    • Northwood Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Northwood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
    • Eden Isle
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Eden Isle is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Isle
    • North Shore
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • North Shore is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore
    • Oak Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Oak Harbor is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Harbor
    • North Shore Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • North Shore Beach is located in Saint Tammany Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shore Beach
  • Jefferson Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.
    • Gretna
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gretna is located in Jefferson Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,615 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <1>
    • Metairie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Terrytown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Harvey
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Orleans Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.
    • Lake Catherine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
    • Pine Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
    • Milneburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
    • Gentilly Terrace
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gentilly Terrace is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly Terrace
    • Gentilly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
    • New Orleans
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Plaquemines Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.
    • English Turn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • English Turn is located in Plaquemines Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Turn
    • Braithwaite
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Saint Bernard Parish
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.
    • Chalmette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Meraux
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Versailles
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Versailles is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
    • Arabi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Saxonholm
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Saxonholm is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonholm
    • Story
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
    • Mohawk City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
    • Violet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Poydras
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Poydras is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poydras
    • Saint Bernard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Sebastopol
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Sebastopol is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sebastopol
    • Toca
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Toca is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toca
    • Verret
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Verret is located in Saint Bernard Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verret
  • Tangipahoa Parish
    • Katie ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Katie is located in Tangipahoa Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katie
  • Hancock County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.
    • Logtown ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
    • Napoleon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Napoleon is located in Hancock County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
    • Gainesville ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
    • Pearlington
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lakeshore
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Lakeshore is located in Hancock County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
    • Kiln
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Shoreline Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
    • Waveland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Waveland is located in Hancock County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,315 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waveland <1>
    • Diamondhead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Bay Saint Louis
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Pearl River County (MS)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.
    • Nicholson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Nicholson is located in Pearl River County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
    • Picayune
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Picayune is located in Pearl River County (MS)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picayune
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,886 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picayune <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Bayou Liberty Gardens.

Cemeteries Near Bayou Liberty Gardens ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bayou Liberty Gardens.

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 Bayou Liberty Gardens - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bayou Liberty Gardens covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.

  • Dubuisson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrison Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Slidell Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Oddfellow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oddfellow Cemetery
    • The Oddfellow Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Odd Fellow Cemetery
  • Little Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Amos Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (172 more) ...

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 Bayou Liberty Gardens in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bayou Liberty Gardens.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bayou Liberty Gardens, with the one closest to Bayou Liberty Gardens listed first.

  • Slidell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Slidell is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slidell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,541 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slidell <1>
  • Pearl River
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Florenville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
  • Logtown ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
  • Gainesville ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
  • Pearlington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lake Catherine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
  • Rigolets
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rigolets is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigolets
  • Chef Menteur
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Chef Menteur is located in Orleans Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chef Menteur
  • Talisheek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Mandeville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Covington
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Madisonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Milneburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
    • Gentilly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bayou Liberty Gardens. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bayou Liberty Gardens.

Newspapers Published in Bayou Liberty Gardens ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayou Liberty Gardens.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bayou Liberty Gardens, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bayou Liberty Gardens.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Bayou Liberty Gardens:

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 Bayou Liberty Gardens, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bayou Liberty Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.