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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 Grey Forest (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 Grey Forest. 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 Grey Forest ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Grey Forest: Grey Frst.

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 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.

Grey Forest is located in Bexar 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 Bexar County: Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Medina & Wilson.

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

  • Bexar County     (The home county of Grey Forest)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grey Forest, with the one closest to Grey Forest listed first.
    • Cross Mountain
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Cross Mountain is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Mountain
    • Helotes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Dominion
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Dominion is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominion
    • Leon Springs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
    • Scenic Oaks
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Scenic Oaks is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scenic Oaks
    • Shavano Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Shavano Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavano Park
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,024 people
    • Fair Oaks Ranch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Leon Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hill Country Village
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hill Country Village is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Country Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
    • Balcones Heights
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Castle Hills
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hollywood Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Timberwood Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Timberwood Park is located in Bexar County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberwood Park
  • Atascosa County
    • Lytle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Lytle is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytle
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lytle <1>
  • Bandera County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grey Forest, with the one closest to Grey Forest listed first.
    • Lakehills
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pipe Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bandera Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bandera Falls is located in Bandera County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandera Falls
    • Bandera
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Comal County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grey Forest, with the one closest to Grey Forest listed first.
    • Silver Hills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Hills is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Hills
    • Bulverde West ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulverde West is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde West
    • Oak Cliff Acres
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Oak Cliff Acres is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Cliff Acres
    • Anhalt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Anhalt is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
    • Bulverde South ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulverde South is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde South
    • Honey Creek
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Honey Creek is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
    • Bulverde East ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bulverde East is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulverde East
    • Bulverde
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bracken
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bracken is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Garden Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Garden Ridge is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Ridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,266 people
    • Smithson Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Smithson Valley is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithson Valley
    • Spring Branch
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Ogden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Ogden is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grey Forest, with the one closest to Grey Forest listed first.
    • Northcliff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Northcliff is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcliff
    • Haeckerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Haeckerville is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haeckerville
    • Santa Clara
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Santa Clara is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 745 people
  • Kendall County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grey Forest, with the one closest to Grey Forest listed first.
    • Boerne
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Bergheim
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Kreutzberg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Kreutzberg is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreutzberg
    • Ammans Crossing ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Ammans Crossing is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammans Crossing
    • Nelson City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Nelson City is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson City
    • Welfare
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Welfare is located in Kendall County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
    • Sisterdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Waring
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Kendalia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Comfort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Kerr County
  • Medina County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grey Forest, with the one closest to Grey Forest listed first.
    • Mico
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Rio Medina
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Castroville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • LaCoste
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • LaCoste is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCoste
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
      • LaCoste has also been known as:
      • La Coste
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaCoste <1>
    • Quihi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Quihi is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quihi
    • Pearson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearson is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • New Fountain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • New Fountain is located in Medina County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fountain

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

Cemeteries Near Grey Forest ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grey Forest.

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 Grey Forest - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Madla Family Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madla Family Cemetery
    • The Madla Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Madla Cemetery
  • Medla Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Menchaca Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Robles Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Mission Burial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mission North Burial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Cepeda Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Heidemann Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Helotes Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Heidemann-Moreau Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (154 more) ...
    • Heimsath Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Locke Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Cole & Hugman Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<4>

While we didn't find Grey Forest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grey Forest.

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

  • Leon Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Leon Springs is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon Springs
  • Van Raub
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Van Raub is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Raub
  • Robards
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Robards is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robards
  • Boerne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • San Antonio
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wetmore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Anhalt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Anhalt is located in Comal County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anhalt
  • Withers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Withers is located in Bexar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withers
  • Macdona
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Kirby
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Castroville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Welfare
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Welfare is located in Kendall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welfare
  • Continue List   (20 more) ...
    • Bracken
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Bracken is located in Comal County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bracken
    • Selma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Von Ormy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Grey Forest ...

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 223 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grey Forest.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grey Forest, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grey Forest.

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 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 Grey Forest:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Grey Forest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Grey Forest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.