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 Fells Point (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 Fells Point. 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 Fells Point ...
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 have occurred.
A typical abbreviation for Fells Point: Fells Pt.
While the name of this community is Fells Point, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fells Point may originally have been Fell's Point.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fells Point might be written as Fell Point.
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.
Cemeteries Near Fells Point ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fells Point.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fells Point covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fells Point, with the one closest to Fells Point listed first.
Green Mount Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
St. Alphonsus Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Alphonsus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Westminster Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evangelist Lutheran Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Mt. Carmel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Fells Point in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fells Point.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fells Point, with the one closest to Fells Point listed first.
Canton (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosedale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fells Point. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fells Point.
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 546 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fells Point.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fells Point, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<8>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fells Point.
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 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 Fells Point:
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).
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The Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov.
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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.
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The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
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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 Fells Point, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
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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- Fells Point) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fells Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.2826, Longitude: -76.5933 In this case, the coordinates for Fells Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).