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 Beales Corner (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 Beales Corner. 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.
Name Variations for Beales Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for Beales Corner: Beales Cor. (or less commonly used: Beales Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Beales Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Beales Corner may originally have been Beale's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Beales Corner might be written as Beale Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Newspapers Published in Beales Corner ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beales Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beales Corner, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beales Corner.
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 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 Beales Corner:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Beales Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beales Corner.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beales Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beales Corner, with the one closest to Beales Corner listed first.
- Southampton Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southampton Memorial Park
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- The Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152574 <3>
- Franklin Municipal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Municipal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Municipal Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- The Poplar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Spring Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Spring Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
- Gillette Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillette Family Cemetery
- White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
- Barham Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barham Cemetery
- Wester - Davis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wester - Davis Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wester - Davis Cemetery
- Brett Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brett Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brett Cemetery
- Raiford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Raiford Cemetery
- Continue List (126 more) ...
- Rawles Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rawles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rawles Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holland Cemetery
- Blackjack Oak Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- The Blackjack Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Oak Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackjack Oak Cemetery
- Rawles Cemetery
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.<6>
While we didn't find Beales Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beales Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beales Corner, with the one closest to Beales Corner listed first.
- South Quay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Quay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Quay
- South Quay is located in Suffolk City
- Elwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Lees Mill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Cleopus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Holland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Carrsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Franklin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,833 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <7>
- Somerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Isaac
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Dort
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Delaware
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Riddicksville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddicksville
- Riddicksville is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Reynoldson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynoldson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County (NC)
- Whaleyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City
- Whaley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Reynoldson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beales Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beales Corner.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beales Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Beales Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beales Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6502, Longitude: -76.8491 In this case, the coordinates for Beales Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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 Beales Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |