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 Ansley Place (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 Ansley Place. 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.

Name Variations for Ansley Place ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Ansley Place: Ansley Pl. (or less commonly used: Ansley Plc.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 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, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

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

Ansley Place is located in Brewster County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Brewster County: Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio & Terrell.

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

• Brewster County     (The home county of Ansley Place)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Ansley Place, with the one closest to Ansley Place listed first.
  • Marathon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
    • Marathon is located in Brewster County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <1>
  • Lenox
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
    • Lenox is located in Brewster County
  • Maxon ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
    • Maxon is located in Brewster County
    • Maxon has also been known as:
    • Maxon Springs
• Pecos County
  • Longfellow ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longfellow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longfellow
    • Longfellow is located in Pecos County

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

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 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 Ansley Place:

• Websites specific to Texas
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/

• Pages specific to Brewster County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Pecos County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

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

Cemeteries Near Ansley Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ansley Place.

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).

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

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

• Marathon Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marathon Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #207540 <3>

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 Ansley Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ansley Place.

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

• Warwick
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warwick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Warwick is located in Brewster County
• Marathon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
  • Marathon is located in Brewster County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <1>
• Haymond
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haymond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymond
  • Haymond is located in Brewster County
• Lenox
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenox have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
  • Lenox is located in Brewster County
• Altuda
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altuda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altuda
  • Altuda is located in Brewster County
• Maxon ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
  • Maxon is located in Brewster County
  • Maxon has also been known as:
  • Maxon Springs

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ansley Place. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/