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 Martin (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 Martin. 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 Martin ...
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 Martin: St. Martin
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Saint Martin. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Martin.
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 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.
Saint Martin is located in 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 Jackson County: Mobile (AL), George, Harrison & Stone.
Below are the counties that are near Saint Martin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Martin:
- Jackson County (The home county of Saint Martin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Martin, with the one closest to Saint Martin listed first.
- Gulf Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gulf Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Hills
- Latimer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Latimer is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
- Ocean Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Park Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gulf Park Estates is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Park Estates
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Fountainebleau
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fountainebleau is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountainebleau
- Gautier
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Vancleave
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Martin Bluff
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Coll Town
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coll Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
- Escatawpa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Martin, with the one closest to Saint Martin listed first.
- Bay Saint Louis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Diamondhead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Saint Martin, with the one closest to Saint Martin listed first.
- D'Iberville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Biloxi
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beauvoir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Wool Market
(7 miles [11.3 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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Coalville is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
- Lorraine Community ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lorraine Community is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine Community
- Mississippi City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- North Gulfport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- North Gulfport is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Gulfport
- Gulfport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lyman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lyman is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyman
- Wortham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wortham is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortham
- Long Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saucier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Stone County
- McHenry
(24 miles [38.6 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 Saint Martin, see our County-by-County Page for Saint Martin.
Cemeteries Near Saint Martin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Martin.
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 Martin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saint Martin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saint Martin, with the one closest to Saint Martin listed first.
- Moran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Santa Cruz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Quave Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fountain Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Swetman Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- D'Iberville Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Biloxi Jewish Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bibleway Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Biloxi City Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Bellande Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dink Lamey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Biloxi National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (174 more) ...
- New Fayard Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Cedar Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Seymour Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Saint Martin in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saint Martin.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Saint Martin, with the one closest to Saint Martin listed first.
- Biloxi
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Beauvoir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beauvoir is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauvoir
- Wool Market
(7 miles [11.3 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
- De Buys
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- De Buys is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Buys
- Fort Bayou ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fort Bayou is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayou
- Handsboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Handsboro is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsboro
- Mississippi City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mississippi City is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mississippi City
- Vancleave
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gulfport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Long Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pascagoula
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Escatawpa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Airey
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Airey is located in Harrison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airey
- Moss Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saint Martin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Martin.
Newspapers Published in Saint Martin ...
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 Saint Martin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saint Martin, 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 Saint Martin.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Martin:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hancock County
- Harrison 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 Saint Martin, 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 Martin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |