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 Birdsong Ferry (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 Birdsong Ferry. 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 Counties/Parishes ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties/parishes.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties/parishes instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties/parishes, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Birdsong Ferry is located in Warren County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Warren County: Madison (LA), Tensas (LA), Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena & Yazoo.
Below are the counties/parishes that are near Birdsong Ferry. For each of these counties/parishes, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Birdsong Ferry:
- Warren County (The home county of Birdsong Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Russellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Villanova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Villanova is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanova
- Newmans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Haynes Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Bluff is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Bluff
- Redwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Redwood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Vicksburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Stout
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stout is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stout
- Claiborne County
- Rocky Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Springs is located in Claiborne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
- Copiah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Carpenter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Carpenter is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter
- Myles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Myles is located in Copiah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myles
- Hinds County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Edwards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brownsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Bolton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raymond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newman is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
- Oakley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oakley is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakley
- Learned
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Adams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Adams is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Cayuga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Cayuga is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
- Palestine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Palestine is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Midway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midway is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Issaquena County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Valley Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Park is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Park
- Chotard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chotard is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chotard
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Adelle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Adelle is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelle
- Flora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kearney Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Kearney Park is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney Park
- Mannsdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mannsdale is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannsdale
- Twelve Oaks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Twelve Oaks is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twelve Oaks
- Ridgeland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Madison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rankin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Richland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Flowood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pearson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pearson is located in Rankin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
- Sharkey County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Smedes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Smedes is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smedes
- Blanton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blanton is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Onward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Onward is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onward
- Issaquena
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Issaquena is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Issaquena
- Yazoo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Satartia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Satartia is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satartia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
- Bentonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Anding
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Anding is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anding
- Kearney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kearney is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Jonestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jonestown is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Nod
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nod is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nod
- Yazoo City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Yazoo City is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yazoo City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
- Former names for Yazoo City:
- Hannan's Bluff
- Manchester
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yazoo City <1>
- Madison Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Delta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duck Port ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Duck Port is located in Madison Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Port
- Mound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mound is located in Madison Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Thomastown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Thomastown is located in Madison Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomastown
- Coleman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Coleman is located in Madison Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Birdsong Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Birdsong Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Birdsong Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Birdsong Ferry.
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 Birdsong Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Birdsong Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Henry - Grant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Birdsong Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brickhouse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Underhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Taylor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Flowers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hackler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Marley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edwards Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dawson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (171 more) ...
- Cox Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Neely Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Birdsong Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Birdsong Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Birdsong Ferry, with the one closest to Birdsong Ferry listed first.
- Edwards
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Russellville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Russellville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Oak Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Ridge is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Nevada
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nevada is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
- Bolton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bolton is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
- Phoenix
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Phoenix is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix
- Bovina
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bovina is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
- Villanova
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Villanova is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanova
- Newmans
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newmans is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmans
- Haynes Bluff
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes Bluff is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Bluff
- Redwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Redwood is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Mechanicsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mechanicsburg is located in Yazoo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsburg
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Blakely
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Blakely is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blakely
- Katzenmeyer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Katzenmeyer is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katzenmeyer
- Newman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newman is located in Hinds County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newman
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Birdsong Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Birdsong Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Birdsong Ferry ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Birdsong Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Birdsong Ferry, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Birdsong Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Birdsong Ferry:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Warren County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Claiborne County
- Copiah County
- Hinds County
- Issaquena County
- Madison County
- Rankin County
- Sharkey County
- Yazoo County
- Madison Parish
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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 Birdsong Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Birdsong Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |