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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 Roseneath (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 Roseneath. 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 ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Roseneath is located in Halifax County.

To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Halifax County: Bertie, Edgecombe, Franklin, Martin, Nash, Northampton & Warren.

Below are the counties that are near Roseneath. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roseneath:

  • Halifax County     (The home county of Roseneath)
  • Bertie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roseneath, with the one closest to Roseneath listed first.
    • Roxobel
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Lewiston Woodville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Lewiston Woodville is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Woodville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
    • Kelford
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Kelford is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
    • Aulander
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Aulander is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aulander
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 763 people
    • Drew
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Hexlena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Askewville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Askewville is located in Bertie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askewville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Windsor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Edgecombe County
  • Hertford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roseneath, with the one closest to Roseneath listed first.
    • Menola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Earleys
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Poor Town
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Poor Town is located in Hertford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poor Town
  • Martin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roseneath, with the one closest to Roseneath listed first.
    • Oak City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hassell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamilton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gold Point
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Parmele
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Parmele is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parmele
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 253 people
    • Robersonville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Everetts
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Bear Grass
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Bear Grass is located in Martin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Grass
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
    • Williamston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Nash County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Roseneath, with the one closest to Roseneath listed first.
    • Taylor Crossroads
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Gold Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hickory
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • North Green
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • North Green is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Green
    • Drake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Drake is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
    • Dortches
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Dortches is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dortches
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
    • Ashburk
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Ashburk is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburk
    • Halifax Crossing
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Halifax Crossing is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Crossing
    • Red Oak
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Red Oak is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oak
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,492 people
    • Easonburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Easonburg is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easonburg
    • Joyners Crossing
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Joyners Crossing is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joyners Crossing
    • Westry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Hilliardston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Hilliardston is located in Nash County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliardston
  • Northampton County
  • Pitt County
  • Wilson County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roseneath, see our County-by-County Page for Roseneath.

Cemeteries Near Roseneath ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roseneath.

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 Roseneath - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Roseneath covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roseneath, with the one closest to Roseneath listed first.

  • Hardy Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Manning Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Gray Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Whitehead Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Cobb Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mizell Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Leggett House Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Joyner Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrison Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Whitehard Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Manning Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hyde Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (176 more) ...
    • Joyner Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bland Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bell 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.<2>

While we didn't find Roseneath in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Roseneath.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Roseneath, with the one closest to Roseneath listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roseneath. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roseneath.

Newspapers Published in Roseneath ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roseneath.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roseneath, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roseneath.

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 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 Roseneath:

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 Roseneath, 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- Roseneath) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.