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 Bruceville (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 Bruceville. 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.
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 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.
Bruceville is located in Talbot County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Talbot County: Caroline, Dorchester & Queen Anne's.
Below are the counties that are near Bruceville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bruceville:
- Talbot County (The home county of Bruceville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Trappe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Kirkham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Oxford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Woodland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Newcomb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Royal Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Cordova
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tappers Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Leeds Landing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Idlewilde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Shady Side
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Cove Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Point is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Point
- Angelica
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Angelica is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- North Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Summer City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Willows
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Willows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Brianwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brianwood is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brianwood
- Chesapeake Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Preston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Tanyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Hynson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Federalsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tuckahoe Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Griffin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Denton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Hickman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Oil City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Waddells Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Secretary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hurlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Williamsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Algonquin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Marshyhope Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Linkwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linkwood is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkwood
- Thompson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Thompson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Cambridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rhodesdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patamoke Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
- Finchville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Queen Anne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willoughby
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Guys
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Bloomingdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Ruthsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Grasonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Kent Narrows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Cheslou Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Mattapex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapex is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapex
- Centreville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Chester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Somerset County
- Mount Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Vernon is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Wicomico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Sharptown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 664 people
- Mardela Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Hebron
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tyaskin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Quantico
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bivalve
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rockawalking Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockawalking Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockawalking Village
- Jesterville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jesterville is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jesterville
- Cedar Hurst Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
- Centennial Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centennial Village is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Village
- Delmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nanticoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Nanticoke is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nanticoke
- Capitola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Capitola is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Hickman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Adamsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Andrewsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Brownsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Whiteleysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Williamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- Houston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Reliance
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Briar Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Scotts Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Heritage Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Seaford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blades
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,498 people
- Bridgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Laurel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greenwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Banning ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Delmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bruceville, see our County-by-County Page for Bruceville.
Cemeteries Near Bruceville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruceville.
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 Bruceville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bruceville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Windy Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Merrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Bambury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Wrights Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Piney Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Paradise Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Landing Neck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kemp Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Paradise Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Readly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maryland Veterans Cemetery - Eastern Shore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- Preston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bethesda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Bruceville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bruceville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bruceville, with the one closest to Bruceville listed first.
- Choptank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Choptank is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choptank
- Trappe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Secretary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beulah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beulah is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Preston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hambleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hambleton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
- East New Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Linchester
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Linchester is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linchester
- Bethlehem
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Hurlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hynson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Ennalls ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ennalls is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennalls
- Williamsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Easton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bruceville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bruceville.
Newspapers Published in Bruceville ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bruceville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bruceville, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bruceville.
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 websites either 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 Bruceville:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Dorchester County
- Queen Anne's County
- Somerset County
- Wicomico County
- Kent County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
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 Bruceville, 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- Bruceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |