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 Glade Bayou 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 Glade Bayou 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 Glade Bayou 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 Glade Bayou Landing: Glade Bayou Lndg. (or less commonly used: Glade Bayou 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals and 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/counties 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/counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Glade Bayou 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 Glade Bayou Landing. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glade Bayou Landing:
- Tensas Parish (The home parish of Glade Bayou Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Newlight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Newellton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Yucatan Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Yucatan Landing is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucatan Landing
- Saint Joseph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 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 Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Sicily Island
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Wildwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood is located in Catahoula Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Concordia Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Dunbarton
(30 miles [48.3 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 Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Swampers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Swampers is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampers
- Crowville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Wisner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Chase
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Elam
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elam is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elam
- Winnsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Jigger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Baskinton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baskinton is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baskinton
- Baskin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Big Creek is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Extension
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Extension is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Extension
- Fort Necessity
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Madison Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Quebec
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Quebec is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
- Tendal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tendal is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tendal
- Waverly
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Waverly is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Coleman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coleman is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Richmond
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 530 people
- Barnes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Tallulah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thomastown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Thomastown is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Mound
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ashly is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashly
- Duck Port ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duck Port is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Port
- Richland Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Delhi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- New Light
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Light is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Light
- Mangham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunn is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunn
- Archibald
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holly Ridge is located in Richland Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ridge
- Claiborne County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Grand Gulf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grand Gulf is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Gulf
- Westside
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westside is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside
- Ingleside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ingleside is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Port Gibson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Willows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willows is located in Claiborne County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Jefferson County (MS)
- Rodney
(20 miles [32.2 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 Glade Bayou Landing, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Glade Bayou Landing.
Cemeteries Near Glade Bayou Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glade Bayou 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 Glade Bayou Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glade Bayou Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Jordan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Newell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Thistle Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mayflower Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gold Bell Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newellton Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Routhwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Tensas Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Canton Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wyoming Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- St. John Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ward Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (161 more) ...
- St. Matthew Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Ridge Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Somerset Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
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 Glade Bayou Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Glade Bayou Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glade Bayou Landing, with the one closest to Glade Bayou Landing listed first.
- Newlight
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Newlight is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlight
- Newellton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Como
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Como is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Crowville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Oakley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oakley is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Saint Joseph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lamar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lamar is located in Franklin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamar
- New Carthage ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Carthage is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Carthage
- Goldman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Goldman is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldman
- King
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Madison Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Highland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Tensas Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Winnsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Waterproof
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rodney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rodney is located in Jefferson County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glade Bayou Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glade Bayou Landing.
Newspapers Published in Glade Bayou 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 Glade Bayou Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glade Bayou 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 Glade Bayou Landing.
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 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 Glade Bayou 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 Glade Bayou 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- Glade Bayou Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |