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 Queens Quest (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 Queens Quest. 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 Queens Quest ...
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.
While the name of this community is Queens Quest, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Queens Quest may originally have been Queen's Quest.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Queens Quest might be written as Queen Quest.
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 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.
Queens Quest 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 Queens Quest. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Queens Quest:
- Sussex County (The home county of Queens Quest)
- The following are listed by their distance from Queens Quest, with the one closest to Queens Quest listed first.
- Fenwick Island
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- South Bethany
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bayville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bayville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Bethany Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ocean View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Williamsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Bethany Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethany Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethany Village
- Ocean Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ocean Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Village
- Millville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bunting
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bunting is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
- Boyers Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boyers Village is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyers Village
- Wicomico County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Queens Quest, with the one closest to Queens Quest listed first.
- New Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Hope is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Willards
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Powellville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Powellville is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
- Pittsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Whiton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Whiton is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
- Parsonsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- White Plains is located in Wicomico County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Delmar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Salisbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Worcester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Queens Quest, with the one closest to Queens Quest listed first.
- Ocean Bay City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ocean Bay City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bay City
- North Ocean City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Ocean City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ocean City
- Ocean Pines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bishopville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bishop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Ocean City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Ocean City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Ocean City is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ocean City
- Showell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Showell is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
- Berlin
(13 miles [20.9 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 <2>
- Whaleyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Newark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cedartown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedartown is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Queens Quest, see our County-by-County Page for Queens Quest.
Cemeteries Near Queens Quest ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Queens Quest.
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 Queens Quest - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Queens Quest covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Queens Quest, with the one closest to Queens Quest listed first.
- Ocean View Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Banks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Daisey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- 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 <3>
- Wilgus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Georges Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bishopville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Golden Acres Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Red Men Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Old St. Martins Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carey Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Continue List (96 more) ...
- Long Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- 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
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 Queens Quest in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Queens Quest.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Queens Quest, with the one closest to Queens Quest listed first.
- Bayville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bayville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Williamsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Williamsville is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Ocean View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Bunting
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bunting is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
- Millville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Roxana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roxana is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
- Bishopville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Omar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Omar is located in Sussex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Selbyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bishop
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bishop is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
- Showell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Showell is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ocean City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Frankford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Campbell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell is located in Worcester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Queens Quest. See our List of 1890's Communities around Queens Quest.
Newspapers Published in Queens Quest ...
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 Queens Quest.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Queens Quest, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Queens Quest.
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 Queens Quest:
- Websites specific to Delaware
- Pages specific to Sussex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Wicomico County
- Worcester County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Delaware
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 Queens Quest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Queens Quest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |