RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Maryland >> Worcester County >> Saint Martins by the Bay >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Saint Martins by the Bay (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 Saint Martins by the Bay. 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 Saint Martins by the Bay ...

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 Saint Martins by the Bay: St. Martins By The Bay

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.

Saint Martins by the Bay is located in Worcester 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 Worcester County: Sussex (DE), Somerset, Wicomico & Accomack (VA).

Below are the counties that are near Saint Martins by the Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Martins by the Bay:

  • Worcester County     (The home county of Saint Martins by the Bay)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Martins by the Bay, with the one closest to Saint Martins by the Bay listed first.
    • Ocean Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Showell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Showell is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
    • Bishop
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bishop is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
    • Bishopville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • North Ocean City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • North Ocean City is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Ocean City
    • Ocean Bay City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Ocean Bay City is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Bay City
    • Berlin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Berlin is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <1>
    • Ocean City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West Ocean City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • West Ocean City is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ocean City
    • Whaleyville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Newark
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedartown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cedartown is located in Worcester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedartown
  • Somerset County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Martins by the Bay, with the one closest to Saint Martins by the Bay listed first.
    • Eden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Eden is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Loretto
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Loretto is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loretto
    • West Pocomoke
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • West Pocomoke is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pocomoke
  • Wicomico County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Martins by the Bay, with the one closest to Saint Martins by the Bay listed first.
    • New Hope
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Willards
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Powellville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Powellville is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powellville
    • Whiton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Whiton is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiton
    • Pittsville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Parsonsburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • White Plains
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • White Plains is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Delmar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Salisbury
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Dogwood Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Dogwood Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
    • Cedar Hurst Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Hurst Village is located in Wicomico County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hurst Village
    • Fruitland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Sussex County (DE)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Martins by the Bay, with the one closest to Saint Martins by the Bay listed first.
    • Bunting
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Bunting is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
    • Williamsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Williamsville is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
    • Selbyville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Bayard is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
    • Roxana
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Roxana is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
    • Bayville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayville is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
    • Fenwick Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Omar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Omar is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
    • Frankford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Boyers Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Boyers Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyers Village
    • Ocean View
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • South Bethany
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Accomack County (VA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Martins by the Bay, with the one closest to Saint Martins by the Bay listed first.
    • Franklin City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Franklin City is located in Accomack County (VA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin City
    • Greenbackville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saint Martins by the Bay, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Martins by the Bay.

Cemeteries Near Saint Martins by the Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Martins by the Bay.

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 Saint Martins by the Bay - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Martins by the Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Martins by the Bay, with the one closest to Saint Martins by the Bay listed first.

  • Old St. Martins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Bishopville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Martins Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Golden Acres Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Ebenezer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Men Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Buckingham Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tyree Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (130 more) ...
    • Daisey Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisey Cemetery
      • The Daisey Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rickards / Daisey Cemetery
      • Wilgus Road Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2589210 <2>
    • Wilgus Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pulletts Chapel Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

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 Saint Martins by the Bay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Martins by the Bay.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Martins by the Bay, with the one closest to Saint Martins by the Bay listed first.

  • Showell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Showell is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Showell
  • Friendship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Friendship is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
  • Bishopville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bishop
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bishop is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishop
  • Campbell
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Campbell is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
  • Williamsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Williamsville is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
  • Bunting
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bunting is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunting
  • Selbyville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Berlin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Berlin is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berlin <1>
  • Holly Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Holly Grove is located in Worcester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Grove
  • Roxana
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Roxana is located in Sussex County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxana
  • Ocean City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Bayville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayville is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
    • Bayard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Bayard is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
    • Omar
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Omar is located in Sussex County (DE)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Martins by the Bay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Martins by the Bay.

Newspapers Published in Saint Martins by the Bay ...

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 4 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Martins by the Bay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Martins by the Bay, 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 Saint Martins by the Bay.

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 helpful 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 Saint Martins by the Bay:

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 Saint Martins by the Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Saint Martins by the Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.