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 Brignac (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 Brignac. 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 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Brignac is located in Ascension 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 Ascension Parish: Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Livingston & Saint James.
Below are the parishes that are near Brignac. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brignac:
- Ascension Parish (The home parish of Brignac)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
- Galvez
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Saint Amant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weber City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Claybank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Claybank is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claybank
- Summerfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summerfield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerfield
- Little Prairie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Little Prairie is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Prairie
- Brittany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Gonzales
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duplessis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Galvez Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Galvez Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez Town
- Hobart
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hobart is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobart
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Belle Terre
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Brulie Maurin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Belle Alliance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Belle Rose
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Kessler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Lula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- Bruly Saint Martin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bruly Saint Martin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruly Saint Martin
- Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Star is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Sweet Home
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Old Jefferson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Shenandoah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Perkins Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Woodshire Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Oak Hills Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Inniswold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Essen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Lynwood Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Westminster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Gardere
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Saint Gabriel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Carville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Iberville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Sunshine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- White Castle
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Goula
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Plaquemine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Indian Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Indian Village is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Lafourche Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Chackbay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Kraemer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Port Vincent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- French Settlement
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maurepas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Clio
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Denham Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Walker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Walker is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,302 people
- Killian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Livingston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Watson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Springfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Charles Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Gypsy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Killona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
- Saint James Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Free Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Chatman Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Uncle Sam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Burton Lane
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Convent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Gramercy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Lutcher
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Paulina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Vacherie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Wallace
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Mount Airy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edgard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Reserve
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Laplace
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frenier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
- Tangipahoa Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Baptist
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Baptist is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist
- Wadesboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wadesboro is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadesboro
- Akers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Manchac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Manchac is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchac
- Ponchatoula
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hammond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Natalbany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Genessee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Genessee is located in Tangipahoa Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genessee
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Port Allen
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Addis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Addis is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,464 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Addis <1>
- Brusly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Brusly is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brusly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,580 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brusly <1>
- Lobdell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lobdell is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobdell
- Wilbert ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wilbert is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilbert
- Carey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carey is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
- Devalls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Devalls is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devalls
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brignac, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Brignac.
Cemeteries Near Brignac ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brignac.
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 Brignac - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brignac covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Faithful Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Doug Decoteau Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wall Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ficklin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lusk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Haven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Richardson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Watson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. William Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- Shiloh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ealy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemeteries
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Brignac in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brignac.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brignac, with the one closest to Brignac listed first.
- Galvez
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Galvez is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galvez
- Saint Amant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Gonzales
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- French Settlement
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Port Vincent
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Port Vincent is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Vincent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Head of Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Head of Island is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of Island
- Dutch Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dutch Town is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Town
- Hopeville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hopeville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Burnside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Geismar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Helene
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Helene is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Helene
- Cofield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Whitehall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Whitehall is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Colyell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colyell is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colyell
- Southwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Southwood is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brignac. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brignac.
Newspapers Published in Brignac ...
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 Brignac.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brignac, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brignac.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Brignac:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Ascension Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint Charles Parish
- Saint James Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Tangipahoa Parish
- West Baton Rouge 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 Brignac, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Brignac) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |