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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 Bertram (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 Bertram. 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 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 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.

Bertram is located in Burnet County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Burnet County: Bell, Blanco, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis & Williamson.

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

  • Burnet County     (The home county of Bertram)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertram, with the one closest to Bertram listed first.
    • Oatmeal
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnet
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Briggs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mormon Mill ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Marble Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Meadowlakes
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadowlakes is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
    • Spicewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Cottonwood Shores
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Creek Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Silver Creek Village is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek Village
    • Naruna
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Granite Shoals
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Highland Haven is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 445 people
    • Shovel Mountain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
  • Bell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertram, with the one closest to Bertram listed first.
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Ding Dong
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Copperas Cove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Killeen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Blanco County
  • Coryell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertram, with the one closest to Bertram listed first.
    • Montague Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Montague Village is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague Village
    • Comanche Village II
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Comanche Village II is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village II
    • Comanche Village III
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Comanche Village III is located in Coryell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comanche Village III
  • Lampasas County
  • Llano County
  • Travis County
  • Williamson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bertram, with the one closest to Bertram listed first.
    • Liberty Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Andice
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Florence
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Leander
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Leander is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <1>
    • Sun City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sun City is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun City
    • Serenada
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Georgetown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Anderson Mill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Anderson Mill is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Mill
    • Brushy Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Brushy Creek is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Creek
    • Jarrell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Jollyville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jollyville is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jollyville
    • Old Round Rock ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Old Round Rock is located in Williamson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Round Rock

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

Cemeteries Near Bertram ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bertram.

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

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bertram had a population of 285 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Bertram had a population of 1,520 people.

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

  • Liberty Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mahomet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mahomet is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahomet
  • Burnet
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sudduth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sudduth is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudduth
  • Smithwick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Smithwick is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwick
  • Sunnylane
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sunnylane is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnylane
  • Fairland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fairland is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
  • Leander
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Leander is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <1>
  • Florence
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Marble Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Oakalla
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakalla is located in Burnet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakalla
  • Cedar Park
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Maxdale ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Maxdale is located in Bell County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxdale
    • Shovel Mountain
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Shovel Mountain is located in Burnet County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shovel Mountain
    • Volente
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bertram ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bertram.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bertram. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bertram and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bertram.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Bertram.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Bertram:

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>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 Bertram, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bertram) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.