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 Timber Lake Estates (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 Timber Lake Estates. 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 Timber Lake Estates ...
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 Timber Lake Estates: Timber Lk. Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Timber Lake Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Timber Lake Estates.
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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Timber Lake Estates 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 Timber Lake Estates. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Timber Lake Estates:
- Saint Tammany Parish (The home parish of Timber Lake Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Timber Lake Estates, with the one closest to Timber Lake Estates listed first.
- Lake Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lake Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Northwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Northwood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Village
- Tanglewood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tanglewood Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Village
- Bon Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bon Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Village
- Slidell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- McClane City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McClane City is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClane City
- Browns Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Browns Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Village
- Huntwyck Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Huntwyck Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntwyck Village
- Lake Shore Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Shore Village is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Village
- Hickory
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hickory is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory
- Eden Isle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Eden Isle is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Isle
- Oak Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Harbor is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Harbor
- Orleans Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Timber Lake Estates, with the one closest to Timber Lake Estates listed first.
- Lake Catherine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Pine Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Village is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village
- Milneburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Milneburg is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milneburg
- Gentilly Terrace
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gentilly Terrace is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly Terrace
- Gentilly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gentilly is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
- Saint Bernard Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Timber Lake Estates, with the one closest to Timber Lake Estates listed first.
- Saxonholm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Saxonholm is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxonholm
- Story
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Story is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story
- Chalmette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meraux
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Versailles is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Versailles
- Mohawk City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mohawk City is located in Saint Bernard Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk City
- Violet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Arabi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Washington Parish
- Lees Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lees Creek is located in Washington Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- Hancock County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Timber Lake Estates, with the one closest to Timber Lake Estates listed first.
- Napoleon
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Napoleon is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Pearlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeshore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeshore is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Kiln
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
- Waveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Diamondhead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bay Saint Louis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Necaise
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Necaise is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
- Harrison County (MS)
- Pass Christian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pearl River County (MS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Timber Lake Estates, with the one closest to Timber Lake Estates listed first.
- Nicholson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Nicholson is located in Pearl River County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Picayune
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Timber Lake Estates, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Timber Lake Estates.
Cemeteries Near Timber Lake Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Timber Lake Estates.
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 Timber Lake Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Timber Lake Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Timber Lake Estates, with the one closest to Timber Lake Estates listed first.
- Gauss Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Haaswood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Amos Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Little Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Harrison Jackson Square Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Porters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rousseaux Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oddfellow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oddfellow Cemetery
- The Oddfellow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Odd Fellow Cemetery
- Continue List (141 more) ...
- Slidell Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Porter's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Timber Lake Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Timber Lake Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Timber Lake Estates, with the one closest to Timber Lake Estates listed first.
- Slidell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County (MS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Pearlington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Florenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Florenville is located in Saint Tammany Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenville
- Rigolets
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rigolets is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigolets
- Lake Catherine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Catherine is located in Orleans Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Catherine
- Chef Menteur
(17 miles [27.4 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 northwest)
- Kiln
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Waveland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Mandeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bay Saint Louis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Covington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Timber Lake Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Timber Lake Estates.
Newspapers Published in Timber Lake Estates ...
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 Timber Lake Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Timber Lake Estates, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Timber Lake Estates.
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 Timber Lake Estates:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint Tammany Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Orleans Parish
- Saint Bernard Parish
- Washington Parish
- Hancock County
- Harrison County
- Pearl River 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> | 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 Timber Lake Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Timber Lake Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |