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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 Velvet Hills South (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 Velvet Hills South. 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 doctors 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.

Velvet Hills South is located in Baltimore 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 Baltimore County: Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard & York (PA).

Below are the counties that are near Velvet Hills South. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Velvet Hills South:

  • Baltimore County     (The home county of Velvet Hills South)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Sagamore Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sagamore Village is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Village
    • Saint Georges
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Saint Georges is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Georges
    • Delight
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Delight is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
    • Glyndon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Reisterstown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Green Spring Junction
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Green Spring Junction is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Junction
    • Owings Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Glen Morris
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Glen Morris is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Morris
    • Garrison
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Garrison is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
    • Chattolanee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Chattolanee is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattolanee
    • Mount Wilson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Mount Wilson is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Wilson
    • Stevenson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Anne Arundel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Patapsco
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Patapsco is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patapsco
    • Brooklyn Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Pumphrey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pumphrey is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumphrey
    • Arundel Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Arundel Village is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arundel Village
    • Linthicum Heights
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Linthicum
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Linthicum is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linthicum
    • Dorsey
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Dorsey is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorsey
    • Harmans
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Harmans is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmans
    • Jessup
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Ferndale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Burnie
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cohansey Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Cohansey Village is located in Anne Arundel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohansey Village
  • Baltimore City
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Colonial Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Colonial Village is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
    • Gwynn Oak
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Homeland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Homeland is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland
    • Woodberry
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodberry is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodberry
    • Guilford
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Guilford is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
    • Hampden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Charles Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Charles Village is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Village
    • Edmondson Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Edmondson Village is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmondson Village
    • Waverly
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Waverly is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Beechfield
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Beechfield is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechfield
    • Carroll
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Carroll is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
    • Oaklee Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Oaklee Village is located in Baltimore City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklee Village
  • Carroll County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Berrywood Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Berrywood Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrywood Village
    • Finksburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakeview Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lakeview Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
    • Eastview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastview is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
    • Sandyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandyville is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandyville
    • Yorkland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Yorkland is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkland
    • Freedom Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Freedom Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Village
    • Henryton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Henryton is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henryton
    • Eldersburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Carrollton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Carrollton is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
    • Klee Mill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Klee Mill is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klee Mill
    • Peach Brandy Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Peach Brandy Village is located in Carroll County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Brandy Village
  • Frederick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Sams Creek
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Sams Creek is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Creek
    • Oak Orchard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Oak Orchard is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Orchard
    • Mount Airy Village West
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Unionville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Unionville is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
    • Bartholows
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Bartholows is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartholows
    • Libertytown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Libertytown is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertytown
    • New London
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • New London is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
    • Smith Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Smith Village is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Village
    • Centerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Centerville is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Monrovia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • New Market
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Daysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Daysville is located in Frederick County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
  • Harford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Hess
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hess is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
    • Upper Crossroads
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Upper Crossroads is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossroads
    • Shawsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shawsville is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsville
    • Jarrettsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Putnam Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Putnam Village is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Village
    • Amoss
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Amoss is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amoss
    • Fallston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Lynchs Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Lynchs Corner is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchs Corner
    • Pleasant Hills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Pleasant Hills is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
    • Wimbledon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Wimbledon is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimbledon
    • Benson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Benson is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
    • Coopstown
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Coopstown is located in Harford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown
  • Howard County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Marriottsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodstock
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Marydell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Marydell is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
    • Alpha
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Alpha is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Ellicott City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Linwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Saint Johns Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Saint Johns Village is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns Village
    • Font Hill Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Font Hill Village is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Font Hill Village
    • Ilchester
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Ilchester is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilchester
    • Sandy Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandy Hill is located in Howard County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hill
    • West Friendship
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • High Point Estates
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • High Point Estates is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point Estates
    • Unity
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Unity is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
    • Brighton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Brighton is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Mullinix
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Mullinix is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullinix
    • Brinklow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Brinklow is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinklow
    • Brookeville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Etchison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Etchison is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etchison
    • Burtonsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Ashton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandy Spring
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Blackburn Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Blackburn Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
    • Camelback Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Camelback Village is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelback Village
  • Prince George's County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Laurel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Laurel is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,548 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laurel <1>
    • West Laurel
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • West Laurel is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Laurel
    • South Laurel
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • South Laurel is located in Prince George's County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Laurel
    • Beltsville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Adams County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Littlestown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kingsdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kingsdale is located in Adams County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsdale
    • McSherrystown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Midway
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Midway is located in Adams County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Edgegrove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgegrove is located in Adams County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgegrove
    • Whitehall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Whitehall is located in Adams County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • York County (PA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.
    • Blackrock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Blackrock is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackrock
    • West Manheim
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • West Manheim is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Manheim
    • Glenville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Glenville is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
    • Railroad
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Bandanna
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bandanna is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bandanna
    • Brodbecks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Brodbecks is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodbecks
    • Orwig
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Orwig is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwig
    • Shrewsbury
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Tolna
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tolna is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolna
    • Wiley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Wiley is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiley
    • Glen Rock
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Seitzland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Seitzland is located in York County (PA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seitzland

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Velvet Hills South, see our County-by-County Page for Velvet Hills South.

Cemeteries Near Velvet Hills South ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Velvet Hills South.

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 Velvet Hills South - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Velvet Hills South covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.

  • Har Sinai Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Maryland National Veterans Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • All Saints Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Lukes UMC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Oheb Shalom Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Carrolls - Gills UMC Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls - Gills UMC Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carrolls - Gills UMC Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northeast of Garrison.
    • The Carrolls - Gills UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Carroll Chapel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208261 <2>
  • Baseman Family Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Tifereth Israel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Chevra Ahavas Chesed Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Druid Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Gilead Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bennett Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (461 more) ...
    • Nwe Oakland Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Thomas Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Emory Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Velvet Hills South in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Velvet Hills South.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Velvet Hills South, with the one closest to Velvet Hills South listed first.

  • Timber Grove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Timber Grove is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Grove
  • Delight
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Delight is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delight
  • Saint Georges
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Saint Georges is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Georges
  • Owings Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Green Spring Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Green Spring Junction is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spring Junction
  • Emory Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Emory Grove is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory Grove
  • Glyndon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Reisterstown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Garrison
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Garrison is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
  • Chattolanee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chattolanee is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattolanee
  • Glen Morris
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Morris is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Morris
  • McDonogh
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • McDonogh is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonogh
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Mount Wilson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Mount Wilson is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Wilson
    • Stevenson
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Greenwood is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Velvet Hills South. See our List of 1890's Communities around Velvet Hills South.

Newspapers Published in Velvet Hills South ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Velvet Hills South.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Velvet Hills South, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Velvet Hills South.

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 Velvet Hills South:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Velvet Hills South) 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 Velvet Hills South, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.