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 Double Ford (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 Double Ford. 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 Double Ford ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Double Ford: Double Frd.
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 northeast 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 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.
Double Ford is located in Mills 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 Mills County: Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, Lampasas & San Saba.
Below are the counties that are near Double Ford. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Double Ford:
- Mills County (The home county of Double Ford)
- The following are listed by their distance from Double Ford, with the one closest to Double Ford listed first.
- Goldthwaite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
- Bozar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bozar is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bozar
- Center City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center City is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center City
- Regency ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Regency is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
- Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ridge is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Mullin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Star
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Ebony ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ebony is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebony
- Priddy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Double Ford, with the one closest to Double Ford listed first.
- Indian Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Keys Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keys Crossing is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keys Crossing
- Zephyr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burnet County
- Naruna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Naruna is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
- Coryell County
- Evant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Double Ford, with the one closest to Double Ford listed first.
- McGirk ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McGirk is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Pottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lampasas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Double Ford, with the one closest to Double Ford listed first.
- Senterfitt ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Senterfitt is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senterfitt
- Lometa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nix
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Adamsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Lampasas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Izoro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Llano County
- The following are listed by their distance from Double Ford, with the one closest to Double Ford listed first.
- Baby Head ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Baby Head is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
- Tow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- San Saba County
- The following are listed by their distance from Double Ford, with the one closest to Double Ford listed first.
- San Saba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Locker ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Locker is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locker
- Richland Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cherokee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Holt ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Holt is located in San Saba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Double Ford, see our County-by-County Page for Double Ford.
Cemeteries Near Double Ford ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Double Ford.
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 Double Ford - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Double Ford covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Double Ford, with the one closest to Double Ford listed first.
- Shaw Bend Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Nabors Creek Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harmony Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McMillin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Terry Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Big Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mohler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Linn Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Farr Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (82 more) ...
- San Saba City Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Saba City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the San Saba City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of San Saba.
- The San Saba City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Odd Fellow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959726 <2>
- J.H. Shorty Brown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Estep Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Double Ford in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Double Ford.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Double Ford, with the one closest to Double Ford listed first.
- Big Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Valley is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Valley
- San Saba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Goldthwaite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lometa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Williams Ranch ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Williams Ranch is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Ranch
- Regency ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Regency is located in Mills County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency
- Mullin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Nix
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nix is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Richland Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McGirk ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McGirk is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGirk
- Adamsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Lampasas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Naruna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Naruna is located in Burnet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naruna
- Baby Head ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Baby Head is located in Llano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baby Head
- Indian Gap
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Indian Gap is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Gap
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Double Ford. See our List of 1890's Communities around Double Ford.
Newspapers Published in Double Ford ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Double Ford.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Double Ford, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Double Ford.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Double Ford:
- Websites specific to Texas
- Pages specific to Mills County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Burnet County
- Coryell County
- Hamilton County
- Lampasas County
- Llano County
- San Saba County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
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 Double Ford, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Double Ford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |