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 Windsor (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 Windsor. 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 and doctors 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.
Windsor is located in Albemarle 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 Albemarle County: Augusta, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Orange & Rockingham.
Below are the counties that are near Windsor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Windsor:
- Albemarle County (The home county of Windsor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Hollymead
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hollymead is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollymead
- Logan Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Logan Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Village
- Commonwealth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Commonwealth is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commonwealth
- Rio
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Monacan Town ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Monacan Town is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monacan Town
- Jefferson Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Earlysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eastham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Barracks
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barracks is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barracks
- Huntington Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huntington Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Village
- Advance Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Ednam Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ednam Village is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ednam Village
- Augusta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Crimora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dooms
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dooms is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooms
- Sampson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sampson is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sampson
- Grottoes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weyers Cave
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fishersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lyndhurst
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lipscomb is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lipscomb
- Sherando
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sherando is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherando
- Brand
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brand is located in Augusta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brand
- Verona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stuarts Draft
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Buckingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Centenary
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Centenary is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centenary
- Bridgeport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Axtell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Axtell is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axtell
- New Canton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Arvonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glenmore
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Glenmore is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Charlottesville City
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Charlottesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Belmont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Belmont is located in Charlottesville City
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Culpeper County
- Waylands Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waylands Mill is located in Culpeper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waylands Mill
- Fluvanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Lake Monticello
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Monticello is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Monticello
- Antioch
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Antioch is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Nicholas
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nicholas is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholas
- Kents Store
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kents Store is located in Fluvanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kents Store
- Fork Union
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Weber City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Goochland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Caledonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Caledonia is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
- Tabscott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tabscott is located in Goochland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabscott
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Amicus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
- Quinque
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quinque is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
- Cedarmere ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarmere is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarmere
- Stanardsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Dawsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dawsonville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
- Kinderhook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kinderhook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinderhook
- Louisa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Medlock
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Medlock is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
- Meltons
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Meltons is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meltons
- Green Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Trevilians
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Bells Crossroads
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Louisa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Vigor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vigor is located in Louisa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigor
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Hood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wolftown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Aroda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Aroda is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aroda
- Burnt Tree
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Tree is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Tree
- Radiant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Radiant is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radiant
- Madison Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Mills
- Ruth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruth is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Syria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tryme
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tryme is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryme
- Nelson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Durrett Town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Durrett Town is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durrett Town
- Onan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Onan is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onan
- Afton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Greenfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Faber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lodebar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lodebar is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodebar
- Adial
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Adial is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adial
- Schuyler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nellysford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockfish is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfish
- Old Myndus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Old Myndus is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Myndus
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Barboursville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gordonsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Montpelier Station
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madison Run
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Madison Run is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
- Orange
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Grassland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Grassland is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
- Danton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Danton is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
- Vulcan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vulcan is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
- Page County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Verbena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Verbena is located in Page County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verbena
- Shenandoah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Swift Run
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Swift Run is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Run
- Berrytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Berrytown is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Elkton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- McGaheysville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Montevideo is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montevideo
- Goods Mill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Goods Mill is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
- Massanutten
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Keys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keezletown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Massanetta Springs is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massanetta Springs
- North River
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- North River is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Mount Crawford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesboro City
- Waynesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Windsor, see our County-by-County Page for Windsor.
Cemeteries Near Windsor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Windsor.
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 Windsor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Windsor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Hildebrand Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Garrison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Munday Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ivy Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lincoln Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Holly Memorial Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove Christian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Dunn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Buck Mtn. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Michie-Beddow Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clunie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (316 more) ...
- Griffin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Moon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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 Windsor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Windsor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Hydraulic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hydraulic is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydraulic
- Rivanna
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rivanna is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivanna
- Rio
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rio is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Proffit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Proffit is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proffit
- Earlysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eastham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eastham is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
- Advance Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
- Advance Mills has also been known as:
- Fray's Mills
- Free Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gilbert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Ivy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Millington is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Simeon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Simeon is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simeon
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Keswick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burnley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burnley is located in Albemarle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
- Amicus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Amicus is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amicus
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Windsor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Windsor.
Newspapers Published in Windsor ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Windsor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Windsor, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Windsor.
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 Windsor:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Albemarle County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Augusta County
- Buckingham County
- Charlottesville City
- Culpeper County
- Fluvanna County
- Goochland County
- Greene County
- Louisa County
- Madison County
- Nelson County
- Orange County
- Page County
- Rockingham County
- 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 Windsor, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Windsor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |