Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Andrews during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Andrews was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Andrews (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 Andrews. 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 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.

Andrews is located in Harney County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harney County: Humboldt (NV), Washoe (NV), Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Lake & Malheur.

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

Harney County (The home county of Andrews)
- The following are listed by their distance from Andrews, with the one closest to Andrews listed first.
- Fields
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fields
  - Fields is located in Harney County
  - Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fields <2>
- Blitzen ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitzen
  - Blitzen is located in Harney County
- Frenchglen
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchglen
  - Frenchglen is located in Harney County
  - Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frenchglen <2>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Andrews:

Websites specific to Oregon
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Oregon State Archives

Pages specific to Harney County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails

Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Oregon
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Oregon
- Cemeteries of Harney County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Oregon
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Oregon
- Cemeteries of Harney County

Cemeteries Near Andrews ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Andrews.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

Andrews Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Andrews Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Andrews Cemetery

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Andrews had a post office and no railroad service.

Blitzen ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitzen
- Blitzen is located in Harney County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Harney County: www.co.harney.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Andrews and then turned east". While Andrews could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Andrews as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Andrews could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Oregon community named Andrews.
<2>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Andrews, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.