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 Cuevas (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 Cuevas. 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 and hospitals 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.
Cuevas is located in Harrison County.
To see how the shape of Mississippi's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Harrison County: Hancock, Jackson & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Cuevas. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cuevas:
- Harrison County (The home county of Cuevas)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuevas, with the one closest to Cuevas listed first.
- Long Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pass Christian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gulfport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- North Gulfport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
- Mississippi City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Lyman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyman is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
- Wortham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wortham is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Coalville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coalville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Beauvoir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Wool Market
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Biloxi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuevas, with the one closest to Cuevas listed first.
- Bay Saint Louis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Diamondhead
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Waveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shoreline Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
- Kiln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lakeshore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeshore is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Necaise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Necaise is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Logtown is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Napoleon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Napoleon is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Pearlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gainesville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gainesville is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuevas, with the one closest to Cuevas listed first.
- Saint Martin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Saint Martin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Gulf Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
- Latimer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Latimer is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Ocean Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gulf Park Estates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
- Fountainebleau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fountainebleau is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainebleau
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Pearl River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cuevas, with the one closest to Cuevas listed first.
- Nicholson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Nicholson is located in Pearl River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
- Picayune
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Stone County
- McHenry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- McHenry is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cuevas, see our County-by-County Page for Cuevas.
Cemeteries Near Cuevas ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cuevas.
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 Cuevas - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cuevas covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cuevas, with the one closest to Cuevas listed first.
- Courtenay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Allen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Delisle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Delisle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle Cemetery
- The Delisle Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Delisle Cemetery
- Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity Episopal Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Paul Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Beach City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Quarles Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gulf Pines Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (123 more) ...
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Conn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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 Cuevas in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cuevas.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cuevas, with the one closest to Cuevas listed first.
- Delisle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Delisle is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
- Pass Christian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Long Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Henderson Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Henderson Point is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Point
- Bay Saint Louis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gulfport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mississippi City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Waveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Handsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Handsboro is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
- De Buys
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- De Buys is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Buys
- Kiln
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beauvoir
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Wool Market
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Biloxi
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Airey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Airey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airey
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cuevas. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cuevas.
Newspapers Published in Cuevas ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cuevas.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cuevas, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cuevas.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Cuevas:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Jackson County
- Pearl River County
- Stone County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Mississippi
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 Cuevas, 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' (or 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- Cuevas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |