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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 De Buys (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 De Buys. 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 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.

De Buys 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 De Buys. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to De Buys:

  • Harrison County     (The home county of De Buys)
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Buys, with the one closest to De Buys listed first.
    • Beauvoir
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
    • Mississippi City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
    • Coalville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Coalville is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
    • Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
    • Wool Market
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
      • Wool Market has also been known as:
      • Woolmarket
    • Gulfport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • North Gulfport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
    • Biloxi
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Biloxi is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <1>
    • D'Iberville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lyman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lyman is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
    • Wortham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Wortham is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Buys, with the one closest to De Buys listed first.
    • Bay Saint Louis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Diamondhead
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Waveland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Shoreline Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Shoreline Park is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoreline Park
    • Kiln
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Lakeshore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lakeshore is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
    • Necaise
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Necaise is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necaise
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Buys, with the one closest to De Buys listed first.
    • Saint Martin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Saint Martin is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martin
    • Gulf Hills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
    • Latimer
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Latimer is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
    • Ocean Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Gulf Park Estates
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
    • Fountainebleau
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Fountainebleau is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainebleau
    • Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
    • Gautier
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Hickory Hills
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
    • Martin Bluff
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Martin Bluff is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Bluff
    • Vancleave
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Brewton ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (23 miles [37 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 De Buys, see our County-by-County Page for De Buys.

Cemeteries Near De Buys ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of De Buys.

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 De Buys - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from De Buys, with the one closest to De Buys listed first.

  • Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery
    • The Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery
    • The Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Confederate Veterans Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641001 <2>
  • St. James Catholic Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Henry Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Southern Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Blackwell Family Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Floral Hills Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Handsboro Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Stiglets Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Biloxi National Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mississippi City Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City Cemetery
    • The Mississippi City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Mississippi City Cemetery
  • Oaklawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Turkey Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (148 more) ...

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, De Buys had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from De Buys, with the one closest to De Buys listed first.

  • Beauvoir
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
  • Handsboro
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Handsboro is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
  • Mississippi City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
  • Gulfport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Wool Market
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Wool Market is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wool Market
    • Wool Market has also been known as:
    • Woolmarket
  • Biloxi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Biloxi is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biloxi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,127 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biloxi <1>
  • Long Beach
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Ocean Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pass Christian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Delisle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Delisle is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delisle
  • Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
  • Henderson Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Henderson Point is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Point
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Airey
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Airey is located in Harrison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airey
    • Bay Saint Louis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Vancleave
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in De Buys ...

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 De Buys.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of De Buys, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for De Buys.

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 De Buys:

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>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Mississippi City and Biloxi. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.
<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- De Buys) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<5>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 De Buys, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.