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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about New Bielau. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added New Bielau to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Bielau, please Contact Us.

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 New Bielau (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 New Bielau. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Although our information shows that the community of New Bielau is historic, it would have been located within present day Colorado 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 Colorado County: Austin, Fayette, Lavaca & Wharton.

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

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

Cemeteries Near New Bielau ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Bielau.

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 New Bielau covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lass Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lass Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Live Oak Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Live Oak Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Live Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Boeer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boeer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boeer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hehr Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hehr Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hehr Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clear Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakland Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakland Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakland Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eason Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eason Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eason Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shimek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shimek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shimek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rees Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rees Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rees Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Miller Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hill Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Turner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turner Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (168 more) ...

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.

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

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

  • Oakland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Borden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Borden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden
    • Borden is located in Colorado County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Borden
    • From New Bielau to Borden
  • Hackberry ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hackberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackberry
    • Hackberry is located in Lavaca County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hackberry
    • From New Bielau to Hackberry
  • Dubina ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dubina. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubina
    • Dubina is located in Fayette County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Dubina
    • From New Bielau to Dubina
  • Gleckler
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gleckler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleckler
    • Gleckler is located in Lavaca County
  • Kinkler
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinkler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkler
    • Kinkler is located in Lavaca County
  • Sublime
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublime have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublime
    • Sublime is located in Lavaca County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sublime <2>
  • High Hill ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Hill
    • High Hill is located in Fayette County
  • Ammannsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammannsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammannsville
    • Ammannsville is located in Fayette County
  • Glidden
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Moravia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Swiss Alp
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swiss Alp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swiss Alp
    • Swiss Alp is located in Fayette County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in New Bielau ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Bielau.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Bielau, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Bielau.

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 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 New Bielau:

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 New Bielau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Bielau) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Bielau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6345, Longitude: -96.7736       In this case, the coordinates for New Bielau have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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