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 Ireland (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 Ireland. 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/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 southwest 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 south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring parishes/counties 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 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.
Ireland is located in Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County: Concordia (LA), East Feliciana (LA), West Feliciana (LA), Adams, Amite & Franklin.
Below are the parishes/counties that are near Ireland. For each of these parishes/counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ireland:
- Wilkinson County (The home county of Ireland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Rosetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- Wilkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Centreville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Turnbull
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Turnbull is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
- Whitaker
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whitaker is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitaker
- Artonish
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Artonish is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artonish
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Jeannette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jeannette is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- Cloverdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Natchez
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selma
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Selma is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
- Carthage
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Carthage is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Amite County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Crosby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gloster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bewelcome
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bewelcome is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bewelcome
- O'Neil
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- O'Neil is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil
- Brookside
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Brookside is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookside
- Liberty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
- Mount Olive
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mount Olive is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Garden City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Knoxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- White Apple
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Roxie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hamburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Meadville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bude
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eddiceton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Fayette
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Harriston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Concordia Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fairview is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Vidalia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bougere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bougere is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bougere
- Ridgecrest
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ridgecrest is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgecrest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
- Sycamore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Ferriday
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Ferriday
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Ferriday is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ferriday
- Monterey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Monterey is located in Concordia Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Norwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Norwood is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 281 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
- Wilson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wilson is located in East Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 546 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilson <1>
- West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Rogillioville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rogillioville is located in West Feliciana Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogillioville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ireland, see our County-by-County Page for Ireland.
Cemeteries Near Ireland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ireland.
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 Ireland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ireland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Geter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jerusalem Baptist Church No. 2 Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cory Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kingston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Knoxville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Holmes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Free Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Geter Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Enlow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (529 more) ...
- Hopewell Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Homer Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Southwood Lodge Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Lodge Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Southwood Lodge Baptist Church Cemetery is located 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the southeast of Natchez.
- The Southwood Lodge Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Southwood Lodge Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2311283 <2>
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.<4>
While we didn't find Ireland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ireland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ireland, with the one closest to Ireland listed first.
- Darrington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Darrington is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darrington
- Garden City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Garden City is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Kingston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Knoxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Knoxville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Rosetta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rosetta is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosetta
- Doloroso
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Doloroso is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doloroso
- Wilkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wilkinson is located in Wilkinson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkinson
- Jeannette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jeannette is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeannette
- White Apple
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- White Apple is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
- Coles
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coles is located in Amite County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coles
- Roxie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gloster
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Orange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Washington is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Woodville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ireland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ireland.
Newspapers Published in Ireland ...
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 149 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ireland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ireland, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ireland.
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 Ireland:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Wilkinson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Amite County
- Franklin County
- Jefferson County
- Concordia Parish
- East Feliciana Parish
- West Feliciana 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ireland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Ireland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |