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 Boys Estate (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 Boys Estate. 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 Boys Estate ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Boys Estate: Boys Est.
- While the name of this community is Boys Estate, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Boys Estate may originally have been Boy's Estate.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Boys Estate might be written as Boy Estate.
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 and hospitals 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.
Boys Estate 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 Boys Estate. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Boys Estate:
- Glynn County (The home county of Boys Estate)
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Estate, with the one closest to Boys Estate listed first.
- Groveside Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Groveside Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveside Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 15,152 people
- Glynco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shady Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shady Acres is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 236 people
- Country Club Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dock Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
- German Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- German Village is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
- Blythe Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blythe Island is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blythe Island
- Estimated population in 2019: 711 people
- Saint Simon Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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
- Epworth Acres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Epworth Acres is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epworth Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 480 people
- Altamaha Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Altamaha Park is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamaha Park
- Brunswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jewtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jewtown is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewtown
- Brantley County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Estate, with the one closest to Boys Estate listed first.
- Popwellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Popwellville is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popwellville
- Estimated population in 2019: 692 people
- Waynesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hortense
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Raybon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Raybon is located in Brantley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raybon
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,094 people
- Camden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Estate, with the one closest to Boys Estate listed first.
- Hickory Bluff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hickory Bluff is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Bluff
- Ella Park ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 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
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tarboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Woodbine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,032 people
- Liberty County
- Riceboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- McIntosh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Boys Estate, with the one closest to Boys Estate listed first.
- Darien
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Doboy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Meridian
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sapelo Island
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Credit Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Credit Hill is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Credit Hill
- Valona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crescent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Townsend
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shellman Bluff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wayne County
- Pendarvis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pendarvis is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendarvis
- Estimated population in 2019: 562 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Boys Estate, see our County-by-County Page for Boys Estate.
Cemeteries Near Boys Estate ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boys Estate.
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 Boys Estate - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Boys Estate covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Boys Estate, with the one closest to Boys Estate listed first.
- Old Slave Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Petersville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Freedman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Memory Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Butler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Upper Mill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brunswick Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Indian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Daniel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whispering Pines Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (93 more) ...
- Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Manning Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Boys Estate in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Boys Estate.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Boys Estate, with the one closest to Boys Estate listed first.
- Evelyn
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Evelyn is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn
- Darien
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pennick
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pennick is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennick
- Ridgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgeville is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Dock Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dock Junction is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dock Junction
- Doboy ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Jamaica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jamaica is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamaica
- Brunswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fancy Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fancy Bluff is located in Glynn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fancy Bluff
- Mount Pleasant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Ella Park ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 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
- South Newport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Newport is located in McIntosh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newport
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Gardi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gardi is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardi
- Tarboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tarboro is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 85 people
- Riceboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Boys Estate. See our List of 1890's Communities around Boys Estate.
Newspapers Published in Boys Estate ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boys Estate.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boys Estate, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boys Estate.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Boys Estate:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Glynn County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brantley County
- Camden County
- Liberty County
- McIntosh County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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 Boys Estate, 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' (or 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- Boys Estate) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |