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 D'Iberville (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 D'Iberville. 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 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.
D'Iberville is primarily located in Harrison County. A portion of D'Iberville extends into Jackson 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 D'Iberville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to D'Iberville:
- Harrison County (The home county of D'Iberville)
- The following are listed by their distance from D'Iberville, with the one closest to D'Iberville listed first.
- Biloxi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beauvoir
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Wool Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Coalville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Coalville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
- Mississippi City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- North Gulfport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
- Gulfport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lyman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lyman is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Wortham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wortham is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Long Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saucier
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from D'Iberville, with the one closest to D'Iberville listed first.
- Bay Saint Louis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Diamondhead
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from D'Iberville, with the one closest to D'Iberville listed first.
- Saint Martin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Martin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
- Gulf Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
- Latimer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Latimer is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Ocean Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Park Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Fountainebleau
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fountainebleau is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainebleau
- Vancleave
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gautier
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Martin Bluff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
- Brewton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brewton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
- Brewton has also been known as:
- Brewer's Bluff
- Stone County
- McHenry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to D'Iberville, see our County-by-County Page for D'Iberville.
Cemeteries Near D'Iberville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of D'Iberville.
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 D'Iberville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for D'Iberville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from D'Iberville, with the one closest to D'Iberville listed first.
- Swetman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bibleway Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Moran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Santa Cruz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Quave Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- D'Iberville Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Dink Lamey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fountain Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake Cemetery
- The Cedar Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cedar Lake UMC Cemetery
- Morris - Williams Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264197 <2>
- Biloxi City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi City Cemetery
- The Biloxi City Cemetery has also been known as:
- Biloxi Cemetery
- Old Biloxi Cemetery
- Old French Cemetery
- Biloxi Jewish Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Biloxi National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (181 more) ...
- New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Fayard Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Latimer.
- The New Fayard Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Fayard UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160864 <2>
- Camellia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Krohn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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 D'Iberville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of D'Iberville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from D'Iberville, with the one closest to D'Iberville listed first.
- Biloxi
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beauvoir
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Wool Market
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Wool Market is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
- Wool Market has also been known as:
- Woolmarket
- Ocean Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Buys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- De Buys is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Buys
- Handsboro
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Handsboro is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
- Mississippi City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Gulfport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vancleave
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Long Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Airey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Airey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airey
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Pascagoula
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Escatawpa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Three Rivers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around D'Iberville. See our List of 1890's Communities around D'Iberville.
Newspapers Published in D'Iberville ...
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 D'Iberville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of D'Iberville, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for D'Iberville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 D'Iberville:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Harrison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Jackson 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 D'Iberville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- D'Iberville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |