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 Dolvin (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 Dolvin. 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 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.
Dolvin 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 Dolvin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dolvin:
- Talbot County (The home county of Dolvin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Wye Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Skipton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Cordova
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tappers Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Woodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Tunis Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Talbot Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Leeds Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Easton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirkham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Claiborne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harper ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Yorktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Yorktown is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Highland Beach
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Gibson Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson Island is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Island
- Cape Saint Claire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Margarets
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Saint Margarets is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Margarets
- Annapolis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bellerive Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bellerive Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellerive Village
- Dorado Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dorado Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorado Village
- Hillsmere Shores
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hillsmere Shores is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsmere Shores
- Watergate Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Watergate Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watergate Village
- Idlewilde
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Kimberly Woods Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Kimberly Woods Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly Woods Village
- Baltimore County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Fort Howard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edgemere
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynch Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch Point
- Sparrows Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sparrows Point is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparrows Point
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- North Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Chesapeake Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Hillsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Ridgely
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Tuckahoe Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Denton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Bridgetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Tanyard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Greensboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Maple Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Oil City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Bethlehem
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Waddells Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Waddells Corner is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddells Corner
- Williamsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Algonquin
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Hills Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- Lloyds
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lloyds is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
- Secretary
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hurlock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East New Market
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cambridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- James
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Marshyhope Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marshyhope Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshyhope Village
- Finchville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Finchville is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finchville
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Cliffs City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Old Town
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Pomona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pomona is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
- Edesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Rock Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Morganec Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Worton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lynch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lynch is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynch
- Kennedyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Millington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Willoughby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Bloomingdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Guys
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Queen Anne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Queenstown
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Grasonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Centreville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ruthsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Kent Narrows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Cheslou Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Chester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Whiteleysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Hickman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
- Sandtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Adamsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Brownsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Marydel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Vernon is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Andrewsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Andrewsville is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrewsville
- Hartly
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Willow Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Farmington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Scotts Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Greenwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Briar Hook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Briar Hook is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Hook
- Bridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reliance is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reliance
- Heritage Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Village
- Ross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ross is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dolvin, see our County-by-County Page for Dolvin.
Cemeteries Near Dolvin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dolvin.
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 Dolvin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dolvin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Wye Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- John Wesley Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wye of Carmichael Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- All Saints Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bryans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grasonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Grasonville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perrys Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (255 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Green Mount Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Dolvin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dolvin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dolvin, with the one closest to Dolvin listed first.
- Wye Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Skipton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Willoughby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Carmichael
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Carmichael is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmichael
- Longwoods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Longwoods is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwoods
- Starr
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Starr is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
- Cordova
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Guys
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Queen Anne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Queenstown
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Tunis Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Ruthsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Centreville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Griffin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dolvin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dolvin.
Newspapers Published in Dolvin ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dolvin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dolvin, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dolvin.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Dolvin:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Baltimore County
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's 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 Dolvin, 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 from Point A (ie- Dolvin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |