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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 Blythe Island (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 Blythe Island. 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 Blythe Island ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Blythe Island: Blythe Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Blythe Island is located in Glynn County.

To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Glynn County: Brantley, Camden, McIntosh & Wayne.

Below are the counties that are near Blythe Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blythe Island:

  • Glynn County     (The home county of Blythe Island)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blythe Island, with the one closest to Blythe Island listed first.
    • Dock Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
    • Shady Acres
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
      • Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
    • Glynco
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brunswick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Country Club Estates
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Country Club Estates is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Estates
    • Groveside Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
    • Georgetown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Epworth Acres
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Epworth Acres is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Acres
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 480 people
    • Saint Simon Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Saint Simon Mills is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Simon Mills
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 12,743 people
    • Jewtown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • King City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • King City is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King City
    • Kings Terrace
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Kings Terrace is located in Glynn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Terrace
      • Estimated population in 2019: 679 people
    • Saint Simons Island
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Brantley County
  • Camden County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Blythe Island, with the one closest to Blythe Island listed first.
    • Hickory Bluff
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ella Park ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Ella Park is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
      • Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
    • Waverly
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • White Oak
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodbine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Tarboro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jefferson is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
      • Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
    • Harrietts Bluff Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • London Hill
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • London Hill is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Hill
      • Estimated population in 2019: 91 people
    • Hazlehurst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hazlehurst is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazlehurst
      • Estimated population in 2019: 4,137 people
    • Kingsland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Saint Marys
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Scotchville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Scotchville is located in Camden County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
      • Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
  • Charlton County
  • McIntosh County
  • Wayne County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blythe Island, see our County-by-County Page for Blythe Island.

Cemeteries Near Blythe Island ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blythe Island.

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 Blythe Island - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blythe Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blythe Island, with the one closest to Blythe Island listed first.

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 Blythe Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blythe Island.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Blythe Island, with the one closest to Blythe Island listed first.

  • Dock Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
  • Fancy Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Fancy Bluff is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Bluff
  • Brunswick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jamaica
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jamaica is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
  • Pennick
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Pennick is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennick
  • Ella Park ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ella Park is located in Camden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella Park
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,867 people
  • Evelyn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Evelyn is located in Glynn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
  • Darien
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ridgeville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
  • Mount Pleasant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Tarboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Doboy ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Doboy is located in McIntosh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doboy
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 7,721 people
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blythe Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blythe Island.

Newspapers Published in Blythe Island ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blythe Island.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blythe Island, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blythe Island.

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 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 Blythe Island:

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 Blythe Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Blythe Island) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.