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 Fredericksburg (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 Fredericksburg. 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 Fredericksburg ...
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.
Another variation: Fredericksburgh.
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 the Vicinity of Fredericksburg ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fredericksburg.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fredericksburg. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fredericksburg and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fredericksburg.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 5 miles [8 km]<1> of Fredericksburg.
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 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 Fredericksburg:
- 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 Fredericksburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fredericksburg.
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 Fredericksburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fredericksburg, with the one closest to Fredericksburg listed first.
- Fredericksburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fredericksburg Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fredericksburg.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fredericksburg Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #152122 <2>
- Masonic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
- Fredericksburg National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fredericksburg National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fredericksburg National Cemetery
- St. Georges Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Georges Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Georges Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shiloh Cemetery
- Confederate Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Confederate Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Fredericksburg.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Confederate Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49863 <2>
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51480 <2>
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
- St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Clair Brooks Memorial Park
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Kurz Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kurz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kurz Cemetery
- Sunset Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52346 <2>
- Continue List (200 more) ...
- New Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hope Cemetery
- Hulls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulls Cemetery
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Hill Cemetery
- New Hope 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.<4>
While we didn't find Fredericksburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fredericksburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fredericksburg, with the one closest to Fredericksburg listed first.
- Falmouth
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falmouth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Falmouth is located in Stafford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Falmouth <5>
- Leeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Leavells
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavells
- Leavells is located in Spotsylvania County
- Berea
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Passapatanzy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Passapatanzy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passapatanzy
- Passapatanzy is located in King George County
- Massaponax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Massaponax have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massaponax
- Massaponax is located in Spotsylvania County
- Corbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Hartwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwood
- Hartwood is located in Stafford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartwood <5>
- Screamerville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Screamerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
- Screamerville is located in Spotsylvania County
- Moss Neck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Roseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Thornburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornburg
- Thornburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thornburg <5>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Osso
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Garrisonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garrisonville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrisonville
- Garrisonville is located in Stafford County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garrisonville <5>
- Brockroad
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockroad
- Brockroad is located in Spotsylvania County
- Osso
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fredericksburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fredericksburg.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Fredericksburg: www.fredericksburgva.gov/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Fredericksburg) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fredericksburg. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3033, Longitude: -77.4606 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fredericksburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |