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 Bethany Village (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 Bethany Village. 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 Bethany Village ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Bethany Village: Bethany Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Bethany Village is located in Sussex County.
To see how the shape of Delaware's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sussex County: Kent, Caroline (MD), Dorchester (MD), Wicomico (MD), Worcester (MD) & Cape May (NJ).
Below are the counties that are near Bethany Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bethany Village:
- Sussex County (The home county of Bethany Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany Village, with the one closest to Bethany Village listed first.
- Ocean Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ocean Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Village
- Bethany Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ocean View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Bethany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Millville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Clarksville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clarksville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Massey Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Massey Landing is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massey Landing
- Bayard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Blackwater Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Blackwater Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwater Village
- Boyers Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Boyers Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyers Village
- Bayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bayville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Fenwick Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wicomico County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany Village, with the one closest to Bethany Village listed first.
- New Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Willards
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pittsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Powellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Powellville is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Parsonsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whiton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whiton is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Delmar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Worcester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany Village, with the one closest to Bethany Village listed first.
- Ocean Bay City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Ocean Bay City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bay City
- Bishopville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Ocean City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Ocean City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ocean City
- Bishop
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Ocean Pines
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Showell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Showell is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
- Ocean City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Ocean City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Ocean City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ocean City
- Whaleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Berlin is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <1>
- Newark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedartown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cedartown is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
- Cape May County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethany Village, with the one closest to Bethany Village listed first.
- Cape May
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape May
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- Cold Spring
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cold Spring is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Diamond Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Diamond Beach is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Beach
- North Cape May
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Cape May is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cape May
- Erma
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Erma is located in Cape May County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erma
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bethany Village, see our County-by-County Page for Bethany Village.
Cemeteries Near Bethany Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bethany Village.
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 Bethany Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bethany Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bethany Village, with the one closest to Bethany Village listed first.
- Ocean View Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Banks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Daisey Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisey Cemetery
- The Daisey Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rickards / Daisey Cemetery
- Wilgus Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2589210 <2>
- Wilgus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Friendship Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millsboro Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Carey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Long Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Redman Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Redman Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Dagsboro.
- The Redman Cemetery has also been known as:
- Millsboro Cemetery
- Continue List (90 more) ...
- Red Men Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Acres Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bishopville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Bethany Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bethany Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bethany Village, with the one closest to Bethany Village listed first.
- Ocean View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bayard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Bayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bayville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Omar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Omar is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Roxana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roxana is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Williamsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Bunting
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bunting is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
- Trinity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Frankford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Warwick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Warwick is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Bishopville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rehoboth Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dagsboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Selbyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bethany Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bethany Village.
Newspapers Published in Bethany Village ...
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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bethany Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bethany Village, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bethany Village.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Bethany Village:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Wicomico County
- Worcester County
- Cape May County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Delaware
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 Bethany Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bethany Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |