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 Bairdford (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 Bairdford. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 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 north 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.
Bairdford is located in Allegheny County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Allegheny County: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Bairdford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bairdford:
- Allegheny County (The home county of Bairdford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- Curtisville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Curtisville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtisville
- Culmerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Russellton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indianola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rural Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tarentum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harwick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harwick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwick
- Allison Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elfinwild
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elfinwild is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfinwild
- Brackenridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Cheswick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- Freeport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Aladdin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Leechburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- McVille
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Slate Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Apollo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Neale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Shadyside Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Shadyside Village is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside Village
- Shadyside Village has also been known as:
- Buffalo Creek
- Yellow Dog Village
- North Apollo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Orchard Hills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- West Ford City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- West Ford City is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ford City
- Rosston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosston is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosston
- Worthington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- Economy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Knob
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Wallace City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Ambridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Baden
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Conway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aliquippa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Crestmont Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
- East Rochester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Rochester is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 526 people
- Gringo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gringo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
- Monaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- Glade Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Valencia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ekastown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Frazier Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Frazier Mill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier Mill
- Saxonburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mars
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nixon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Nixon is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixon
- Monroe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Brownsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Myoma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Seven Fields
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Callery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- East Brady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Phillipston is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Catfish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- White
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- White is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Clarksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Lebanon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Saltsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bow is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Parkwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Shelocta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- Ellport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ellport is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,102 people
- Energy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Energy is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Energy
- Grant City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grant City is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant City
- Rose Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Point is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Point
- Wampum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Beaver
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Beaver is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Beaver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,419 people
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- MacDonald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- MacDonald is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDonald
- McDonald
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ellsworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Finleyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gastonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- McMurray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Candor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Candor is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candor
- Midway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monongahela
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Eagle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cokeburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Baidland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Baidland is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baidland
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- Arnold
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Kensington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Lower Burrell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bagdad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Weinel Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Weinel Crossroads is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weinel Crossroads
- West Leechburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Leechburg is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leechburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
- Hyde Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vandergrift
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Vandergrift is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vandergrift
- Population from the 2020 Census: 631 people
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Murrysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Washington is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bairdford, see our County-by-County Page for Bairdford.
Cemeteries Near Bairdford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bairdford.
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 Bairdford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bairdford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- Deer Creek United Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Nichols Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Transfiguration Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Bull Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lakewood Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Unity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Unity Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Unity Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the east of Curtisville.
- The Pleasant Unity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasant Unity United Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222486 <2>
- Bakerstown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- First Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Poale Zedeck Memorial Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Torath Chaim Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- B'nai Emunoh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (408 more) ...
- Adath Jeshurun Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Iwo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hampton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Allison Park.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45023 <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 Bairdford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bairdford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bairdford, with the one closest to Bairdford listed first.
- Culmerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Culmerville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culmerville
- Dorseyville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dorseyville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorseyville
- Bakerstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Talley Cavey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Talley Cavey is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talley Cavey
- Rural Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gibsonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bakerstown Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bakerstown Station is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerstown Station
- Elfinwild
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elfinwild is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elfinwild
- Glade Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Hites
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hites is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hites
- Creighton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Valley Camp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Camp is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Camp
- Tarentum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Valencia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bairdford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bairdford.
Newspapers Published in Bairdford ...
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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bairdford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bairdford, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bairdford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Bairdford:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Allegheny County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Indiana County
- Lawrence County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bairdford) 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 Bairdford, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |