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 Welcome (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 Welcome. 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 northwest corner of their home parish. During their lives, most hospitals 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Welcome is located in Saint James 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 James Parish: Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche & Saint John the Baptist.
Below are the parishes that are near Welcome. For each of these parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Welcome:
- Saint James Parish (The home parish of Welcome)
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Free Town
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Free Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Town
- Burton Lane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burton Lane is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Lane
- Chatman Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Chatman Town is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatman Town
- Uncle Sam
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Convent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Lagan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lagan is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagan
- Paulina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vacherie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gramercy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lutcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- North Vacherie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Vacherie is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Vacherie
- Ascension Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Aben
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aben is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aben
- Aben has also been known as:
- Abend
- Burnside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Donaldsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sorrento
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darrow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brittany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gonzales
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Saint Amant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Weber City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Weber City is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Barton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barton is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Cornerview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornerview is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerview
- Geismar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Assumption Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Brulie Maurin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Brulie Maurin is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brulie Maurin
- Belle Terre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Belle Terre is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Terre
- Belle Alliance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Belle Alliance is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Alliance
- Plattenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Rose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burbank ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Burbank is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burbank
- Freetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Freetown is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Sweet Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sweet Home is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Elmfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elmfield is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmfield
- Madewood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Madewood is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madewood
- Kessler
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kessler is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kessler
- Lula
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lula is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lula
- Monty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Monty is located in Assumption Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monty
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Old Jefferson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Old Jefferson is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Jefferson
- Shenandoah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Burtville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Burtville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtville
- Oak Hills Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hills Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hills Place
- Perkins Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perkins Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Village
- Village Saint George
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Village Saint George is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Saint George
- Gardere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gardere is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardere
- Woodshire Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Woodshire Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodshire Village
- Lynwood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lynwood Village is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynwood Village
- Essen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Essen is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
- Inniswold
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Westminster is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Iberville Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Carville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Castle
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saint Gabriel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bayou Goula
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Iberville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Iberville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberville
- Plaquemine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisonville is located in Iberville Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisonville
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Chackbay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Chackbay is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chackbay
- Kraemer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Thibodaux
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Acadia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Acadia is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acadia
- Godchaux
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Godchaux is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godchaux
- Raceland Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Raceland Junction is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland Junction
- Raceland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bayou Blue
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bayou Blue is located in Lafourche Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Blue
- Livingston Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- French Settlement
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Port Vincent
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Maurepas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clio
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Clio is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
- Killian
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Killian is located in Livingston Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killian
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,337 people
- Walker
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Denham Springs
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Livingston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Charles Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Killona
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gypsy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gypsy is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gypsy
- Montz
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Montz is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montz
- Taft
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Taft is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taft
- Hahnville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Norco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Des Allemands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Paradis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vallier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vallier is located in Saint Charles Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallier
- New Sarpy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Boutte
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Wallace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wallace is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
- Mount Airy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Garyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Edgard
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Reserve
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Laplace
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Frenier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Frenier is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenier
- Saint Martin Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Bayou Geneve
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou Geneve is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Geneve
- Stephenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stephenville is located in Saint Martin Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephenville
- Saint Mary Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Morgan City Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morgan City Beach is located in Saint Mary Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan City Beach
- Amelia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Terrebonne Parish
- The following are listed by their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Schriever
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Chacahoula
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Chacahoula is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacahoula
- Magnolia Plantation
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Magnolia Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Plantation
- Minerva Plantation
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Minerva Plantation is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minerva Plantation
- Donner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gray
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gibson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ardoyne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Ardoyne is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardoyne
- Bayou Cane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bayou Cane is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Cane
- Broadmoor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Broadmoor is located in Terrebonne Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Welcome, see our Parish-by-Parish Page for Welcome.
Cemeteries Near Welcome ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Welcome.
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 Welcome - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Welcome covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Celestin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Philippian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Buena Vista Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ascension Catholic Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (136 more) ...
- St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Western Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Welcome had a population of 325 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Welcome, with the one closest to Welcome listed first.
- Central
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Central is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Union
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- White Hall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White Hall is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Convent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lauderdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lauderdale is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauderdale
- Saint James
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hester is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hester
- Burnside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cofield is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cofield
- Donaldsonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Remy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Remy is located in Saint James Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remy
- Darrow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Vacherie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Paulina
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smoke Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Smoke Bend is located in Ascension Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Bend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Welcome. See our List of 1890's Communities around Welcome.
Newspapers Published in Welcome ...
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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Welcome.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Welcome, 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 Welcome.
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 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 Welcome:
- Websites specific to Louisiana
- Pages specific to Saint James Parish
- Genealogy information for nearby parishes
- Ascension Parish
- Assumption Parish
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Iberville Parish
- Lafourche Parish
- Livingston Parish
- Saint Charles Parish
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- Saint Martin Parish
- Saint Mary Parish
- Terrebonne 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 Welcome, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Welcome) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |