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 Ferry Newlight Landing (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 Ferry Newlight Landing. 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 Ferry Newlight Landing ...
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 Ferry Newlight Landing: Ferry Newlight Lndg. (or less commonly used: Ferry Newlight Lndng.)
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 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.
Ferry Newlight Landing is located in Tensas 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 Tensas Parish: Catahoula, Concordia, Franklin, Madison, Adams (MS), Claiborne (MS), Jefferson (MS) & Warren (MS).
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Ferry Newlight Landing. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ferry Newlight Landing:
- Tensas Parish (The home parish of Ferry Newlight Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- Newlight
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Newellton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Yucatan Landing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Yucatan Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan Landing
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Waterproof
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Catahoula Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- Sicily Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sicily Island is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sicily Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 438 people
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Wildwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Enterprise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Concordia Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dunbarton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dunbarton is located in Concordia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Franklin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- Swampers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Swampers is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampers
- Crowville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wisner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chase
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Elam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elam is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Winnsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Jigger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Baskinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Baskinton is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskinton
- Baskin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Extension
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Extension is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
- Madison Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- Tendal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tendal is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tendal
- Quebec
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Quebec is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Richmond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
- Coleman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Tallulah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Thomastown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Thomastown is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Mound
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mound is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Ashly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashly is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashly
- Richland Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- New Light
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- New Light is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Delhi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mangham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dunn is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Archibald
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Ridge is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Alto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alto is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Claiborne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- Grand Gulf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grand Gulf is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gulf
- Westside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westside is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Ingleside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ingleside is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Port Gibson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Jefferson County (MS)
- Rodney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rodney is located in Jefferson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ferry Newlight Landing, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Ferry Newlight Landing.
Cemeteries Near Ferry Newlight Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ferry Newlight Landing.
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 Ferry Newlight Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ferry Newlight Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- Jordan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Newell Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ward Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mayflower Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thistle Ridge Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Bell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Providence Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- State Place Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Eureka Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newellton Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Routhwood Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- Tensas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oakley Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<2>
While we didn't find Ferry Newlight Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ferry Newlight Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ferry Newlight Landing, with the one closest to Ferry Newlight Landing listed first.
- Newlight
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Como
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Como is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Newellton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gilbert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Oakley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Oakley is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Crowville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- Saint Joseph
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Winnsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Highland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Goldman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Goldman is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldman
- New Carthage ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- New Carthage is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Carthage
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Holly Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Holly Grove is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
- Waterproof
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- King
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ferry Newlight Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ferry Newlight Landing.
Newspapers Published in Ferry Newlight Landing ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ferry Newlight Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ferry Newlight Landing, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ferry Newlight Landing.
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 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 Ferry Newlight Landing:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Tensas Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Catahoula Parish
- Concordia Parish
- Franklin Parish
- Madison Parish
- Richland Parish
- Claiborne County
- Jefferson 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> | 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 Ferry Newlight Landing, 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- Ferry Newlight Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |