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 Ramsey (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 Ramsey. 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 doctors and 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.
Ramsey is located in Nelson County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nelson County: Albemarle, Appomattox, Augusta & Buckingham.
Below are the counties that are near Ramsey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ramsey:
- Nelson County (The home county of Ramsey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Bryant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Tyro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Nellysford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jonesboro is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro
- Massies Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Old Myndus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Lodebar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Adial
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Greenfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Colleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Rockfish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Onan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Albemarle County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Covesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Covesville is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covesville
- Batesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alberene
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Alberene is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberene
- North Garden
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Yancey Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
- Esmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Esmont is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmont
- Porters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Porters is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters
- Foothill Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Foothill Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foothill Village
- Crozet
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Keene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Warren
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Ivy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Amherst County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Lowesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Glasgow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- Alto
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Alto is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
- Sandidges
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Monitor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Forks of Buffalo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Forks of Buffalo is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks of Buffalo
- Amherst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Allwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Allwood is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood
- Sweet Briar Station
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Briar Station
- Coolwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Coolwell is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
- Walkers Ford
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Pleasant View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Appomattox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Bent Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Beckham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Beckham is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckham
- Mineral ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Mineral is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Sherando
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Lipscomb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Lyndhurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Stuarts Draft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Steeles Tavern
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Spottswood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Spottswood is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spottswood
- Fishersville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Brand
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Dooms
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Jolivue
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jolivue is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolivue
- Arbor Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arbor Hill is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbor Hill
- Bedford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Abert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Coleman Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman Falls is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman Falls
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Manteo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manteo is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Axtell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- Glenmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Centenary
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Mount Vinco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Vinco is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vinco
- Alcoma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alcoma is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoma
- Buckingham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toga is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toga
- Buena Vista City
- Buena Vista
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Belmont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Charlottesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Nicholas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Antioch
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Lexington City
- Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lynchburg City
- Lavino Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lavino Village is located in Lynchburg City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavino Village
- Rockbridge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Marlbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Marlbrook is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlbrook
- Davis
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Fairfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Brownsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- East Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Lexington is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lexington
- Buffalo Forge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Forge is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Forge
- Kerrs Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kerrs Creek is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerrs Creek
- Zollman ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Zollman is located in Rockbridge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zollman
- Glasgow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Staunton City
- Staunton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ramsey, see our County-by-County Page for Ramsey.
Cemeteries Near Ramsey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ramsey.
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 Ramsey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ramsey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Wintergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill Memorial Gardens
- The Oak Hill Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51478 <2>
- Jonesboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesboro Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Jonesboro Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Jonesboro
- The Jonesboro Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jonesboro Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50836 <2>
- Diamond Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Level Green Estate Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem UMC Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stevens Cove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgecrest Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Adial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (212 more) ...
- Harewood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Camden Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
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 Ramsey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ramsey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ramsey, with the one closest to Ramsey listed first.
- Tyro
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bryant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bryant is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Massies Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Massies Mill is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massies Mill
- Nellysford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lodebar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Roseland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lovingston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Sherando
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Montebello
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lowesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Colleen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Colleen is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colleen
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Onan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Lipscomb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Arrington
(12 miles [19.3 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 Ramsey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ramsey.
Newspapers Published in Ramsey ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ramsey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ramsey, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ramsey.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Ramsey:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Nelson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albemarle County
- Amherst County
- Appomattox County
- Augusta County
- Bedford County
- Buckingham County
- Buena Vista City
- Charlottesville City
- Fluvanna County
- Lexington City
- Lynchburg City
- Rockbridge County
- Staunton City
- Waynesboro City
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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 Ramsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ramsey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |