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 Tristan (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 Tristan. 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 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 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.
Tristan is located in Roane County.
To see how the shape of West 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 Roane County: Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Kanawha & Wirt.
Below are the counties that are near Tristan. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tristan:
- Roane County (The home county of Tristan)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Triplett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
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- Graux
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graux is located in Roane County
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- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Millard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Millard is located in Roane County
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- Roxalana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
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- Rushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville is located in Roane County
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- Looneyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reedy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Kester ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Kester is located in Roane County
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- Zona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zona is located in Roane County
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- Walton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Braxton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Elmira
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira is located in Braxton County
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- Sleith ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sleith is located in Braxton County
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- Progress ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Clem
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clem is located in Braxton County
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- Wilsie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsie is located in Braxton County
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- Frametown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Frametown is located in Braxton County
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- Chapel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chapel is located in Braxton County
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- Rockton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton is located in Braxton County
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- Strange Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek
- Gassaway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Twistville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Twistville is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twistville
- Exchange
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Calhoun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Pink
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
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- Rocksdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
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- Beech
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Arnoldsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Hur
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Orma
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orma is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
- Gomez ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gomez is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomez
- Grantsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Russet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Russet is located in Calhoun County
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- Staten
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Staten is located in Calhoun County
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- Big Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Big Bend is located in Calhoun County
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- Oka
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oka is located in Calhoun County
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- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Lydia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lydia is located in Clay County
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- Dink
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dink is located in Clay County
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- Valley Fork
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Valley Fork is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Fork
- Procious
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Procious is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
- Gould
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gould is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
- Ira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ira is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Porter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Porter is located in Clay County
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- Spread
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Spread is located in Clay County
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- Bomont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bomont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bomont
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elkhurst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elkhurst is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
- Harrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison is located in Clay County
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- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Stumptown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stumptown is located in Gilmer County
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- Shock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shock is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
- Normantown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- De Kalb
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- De Kalb is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Kalb
- Cedarville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Glenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Newberne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Newberne is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberne
- Alice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alice is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Sand Fork
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Truebada
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Truebada is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truebada
- Stouts Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stouts Mills is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouts Mills
- Baldwin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
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- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Liverpool
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Liverpool is located in Jackson County
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- Aplin ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Garfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Garfield is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
- Fletcher
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Hereford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hereford is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hereford
- Meadowdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Statts Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Kentuck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
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- Odaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Odaville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odaville
- Romance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Romance is located in Jackson County
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- Fairplain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Fairplain is located in Jackson County
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- Kenna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kanawha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Wellford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wellford is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellford
- Clendenin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Island Branch
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
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- Reamer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Reamer is located in Kanawha County
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- Falling Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Falling Rock is located in Kanawha County
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- Youngs Bottom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Youngs Bottom is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs Bottom
- Apgah ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Apgah is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apgah
- Aarons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aarons is located in Kanawha County
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- Three Mile
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Three Mile is located in Kanawha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Mile
- Wills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wills is located in Kanawha County
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- Elkview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sissonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- Liberty
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Ritchie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Oxbow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Oxbow is located in Ritchie County
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- Smithville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Smithville is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Burnt House
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt House is located in Ritchie County
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- Cisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County
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- Cantwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cantwell is located in Ritchie County
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- Rusk
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Lawford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lawford is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawford
- Cokeleys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cokeleys is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeleys
- Petroleum
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Slab
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Slab is located in Ritchie County
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- Berea
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berea is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Auburn is located in Ritchie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Wirt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Creston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Creston is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Burning Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County
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- Lucile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Palestine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Peewee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Elizabeth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Windy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Windy is located in Wirt County
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- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Newark is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Freeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Greencastle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Slate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Slate is located in Wood County
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- Leachtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Kanawha
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Mineral Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Acres
- Mineral Wells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tristan, see our County-by-County Page for Tristan.
Cemeteries Near Tristan ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tristan.
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 Tristan - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tristan covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Starcher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dry Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Triplett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Webb Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stalman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wayne Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hays Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gibson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Husk Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Slider Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (684 more) ...
- Coon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Starcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 Tristan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tristan.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tristan, with the one closest to Tristan listed first.
- Pink
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pink is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink
- Rocksdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rocksdale is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocksdale
- Beech
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beech is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech
- Altizer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Altizer is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altizer
- Triplett
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Triplett is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplett
- Richardson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Richardson is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Schilling
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Schilling is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schilling
- Linden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Arnoldsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Arnoldsburg is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldsburg
- Hur
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hur is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hur
- Walnut Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Grove is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
- Mount Zion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Zion is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Spencer
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roxalana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roxalana is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxalana
- Sycamore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sycamore is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tristan. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tristan.
Newspapers Published in Tristan ...
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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tristan.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tristan, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tristan.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Tristan:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Roane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Braxton County
- Calhoun County
- Clay County
- Gilmer County
- Jackson County
- Kanawha County
- Putnam County
- Ritchie County
- Wirt County
- Wood County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West 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> | 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 Tristan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Tristan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |