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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 Rosalind Hills (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 Rosalind Hills. 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.

Cemeteries Near Rosalind Hills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rosalind Hills.

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 Rosalind Hills - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • James E Day Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Evergreen Burial Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Memorial Bridge Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Hackett Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is located in Roanoke.
    • The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairview Cemetery
  • St. Andrews Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Williams Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cedar Lawn Burial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Muse Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bellvue Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Loury Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Campbells Burial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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    • City Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Old Lick Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Springwood Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Cave Spring
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
  • Roanoke
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Poages Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Poages Mill is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poages Mill
  • Vinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Leslie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Leslie is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Hollins
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Naff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Naff is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naff
  • Airpoint
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Airpoint is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airpoint
  • Bonsack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bonsack is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonsack
  • Cloverdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Coyner Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Coyner Springs is located in Botetourt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyner Springs
  • Bent Mountain
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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    • Boones Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Catawba
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wyatt ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Wyatt is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyatt

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

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 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 Rosalind Hills:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Rosalind Hills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.