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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 Oaks (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 Oaks. 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 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.

Oaks is located in Bee 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 Bee County: Goliad, Karnes, Live Oak, Refugio & San Patricio.

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

  • Bee County     (The home county of Oaks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks, with the one closest to Oaks listed first.
    • Pawnee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mineral
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pettus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Tulsita
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Tulsita is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulsita
    • Tuleta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Normanna
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Blue Berry Hill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Blue Berry Hill is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Berry Hill
    • Beeville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Clareville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Clareville is located in Bee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clareville
  • Atascosa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks, with the one closest to Oaks listed first.
    • Peggy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fashing
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Fashing is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fashing
    • Campbellton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • McCoy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • McCoy is located in Atascosa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCoy
    • Christine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Goliad County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks, with the one closest to Oaks listed first.
    • Berclair
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Angel City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Angel City is located in Goliad County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
  • Karnes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks, with the one closest to Oaks listed first.
    • Coy City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Coy City is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy City
    • Kenedy
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Karnes City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hobson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Falls City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Panna Maria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
    • Helena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Helena is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
    • Runge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Flaccus ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Flaccus is located in Karnes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flaccus
  • Live Oak County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks, with the one closest to Oaks listed first.
    • Ray Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ray Point is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Point
    • Oakville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Three Rivers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Whitsett
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ike
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Ike is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ike
    • George West
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Mikeska
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Mikeska is located in Live Oak County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikeska
    • Dinero
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • McMullen County
  • Wilson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oaks, with the one closest to Oaks listed first.
    • Three Oaks ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Three Oaks is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Oaks
    • Dewees
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Dewees is located in Wilson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewees

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

Cemeteries Near Oaks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oaks.

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

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

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

  • Wernli Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Nell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Pawnee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ray Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray Point Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ray Point Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Ray Point.
  • Pullin - Livingston Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mineral Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dahl Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Oakville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lebanon Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Pettus Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Normanna Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (43 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.<5>

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

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

  • Mineral
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pettus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • La Para
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • La Para is located in Live Oak County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Para
  • Karnes City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Beeville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Panna Maria
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Panna Maria is located in Karnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panna Maria
  • Charco
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Charco is located in Goliad County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charco
  • Helena
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Helena is located in Karnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Berclair
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Runge
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cestohowa
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Cestohowa is located in Karnes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cestohowa

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

Newspapers Published in Oaks ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oaks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oaks, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oaks.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Oaks:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Pawnee and Tulsita. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<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- Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.