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 Elston Shores (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 Elston Shores. 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 Elston Shores ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Elston Shores: Elston Shrs.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Elston Shores 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 Elston Shores. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elston Shores:
- Talbot County (The home county of Elston Shores)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Neavitt
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Bozman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tilghman Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tilghman Island is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman Island
- Tilghman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Sherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wittman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newcomb
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomb is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Riverside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Saint Michaels
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harper ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Anne Arundel County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Churchton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewilde is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Shady Side
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Deale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Galesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Baywalker Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Baywalker Village is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywalker Village
- Friendship
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mayo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo
- Tracys Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
- Jewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Anne Arundel County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Calvert County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- North Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Chesapeake Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Summer City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Summer City is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer City
- Willows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willows is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
- Angelica
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Angelica is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angelica
- Parran
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parran is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parran
- Owings Town Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Owings Town Center is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owings Town Center
- Owings
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sunderland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Central Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Central Village is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village
- Chaney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chaney is located in Calvert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney
- Huntingtown Town Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Caroline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Tanyard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Tanyard is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanyard
- Bethlehem
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bethlehem is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Preston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grove is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Griffin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Griffin is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Tuckahoe Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe Springs is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe Springs
- Hynson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hynson is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynson
- Hillsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Denton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgely
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Federalsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Charles County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Benedict
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Malcolm
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Malcolm is located in Charles County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malcolm
- Hughesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dorchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Hills Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hills Point is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Point
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Thomas is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Lloyds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lloyds is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
- Algonquin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Algonquin is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algonquin
- Madison
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Madison is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Cambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Woolford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Woolford is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woolford
- Patamoke Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Patamoke Village is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patamoke Village
- Church Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taylors Island
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Thompson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Cliffs City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cliffs City is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs City
- Rock Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Edesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Edesville is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edesville
- Old Town
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Old Town is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Prince George's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Cedarhaven
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarhaven is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhaven
- Eagle Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Aquasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Aquasco is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquasco
- Westwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Westwood is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Croom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Croom is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croom
- North Keys
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- North Keys is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Keys
- Orme
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Orme is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orme
- Upper Marlboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Horsehead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Horsehead is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horsehead
- Cedarville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cedarville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Marlton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Marlton is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlton
- Rosaryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rosaryville is located in Prince George's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosaryville
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Mattapex
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mattapex is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapex
- Guys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Guys is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guys
- Bay City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Cheslou Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cheslou Village is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheslou Village
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grasonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kent Narrows is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Narrows
- Stevensville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Queenstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Queenstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 701 people
- Bloomingdale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomingdale is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
- Willoughby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willoughby is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willoughby
- Queen Anne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Mary's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Golden Beach
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Beach is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Sotterley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sotterley is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sotterley
- Hollywood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Summerseat Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Summerseat Village is located in Saint Mary's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerseat Village
- Kent County (DE)
- Hickman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hickman is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elston Shores, see our County-by-County Page for Elston Shores.
Cemeteries Near Elston Shores ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elston Shores.
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 Elston Shores - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elston Shores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tilghman Island Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Royal Oak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Luke's UMC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Luke's UMC Cemetery
- The St. Luke's UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Lukes Cemetery
- Oxford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- John Wesley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Old John Wesley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wade's Point Burial Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rattlesnake Point Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Stephens Graveyard
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Elston Shores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elston Shores.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elston Shores, with the one closest to Elston Shores listed first.
- Neavitt
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Neavitt is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neavitt
- Bozman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Tilghman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tilghman is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilghman
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bellevue is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Sherwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wittman
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Riverside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Saint Michaels
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harper ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harper is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- McDaniel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Kirkham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kirkham is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkham
- Claiborne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- James
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- James is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elston Shores. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elston Shores.
Newspapers Published in Elston Shores ...
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 Elston Shores.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elston Shores, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elston Shores.
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 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 Elston Shores:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Talbot County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Anne Arundel County
- Calvert County
- Caroline County
- Charles County
- Dorchester County
- Kent County
- Prince George's County
- Queen Anne's County
- Saint Mary's County
- Kent 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elston Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Elston Shores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |