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 Slaughter Flat Landing (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 Slaughter Flat Landing. 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 Slaughter Flat Landing ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Slaughter Flat Landing: Slaughter Flt. Lndg. (or less commonly used: Slaughter Flt. Lndng.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Slaughter Flat Landing 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 Slaughter Flat Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slaughter Flat Landing:
- Jackson County (The home county of Slaughter Flat Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Flat Landing, with the one closest to Slaughter Flat Landing listed first.
- Big Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Big Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Point
- Hurley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Helena
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Helena is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Coll Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coll Town is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coll Town
- Wade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
- Orange Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Escatawpa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Moss Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Americus ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Americus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Brewton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brewton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewton
- Brewton has also been known as:
- Brewer's Bluff
- Eastside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Eastside is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastside
- Hickory Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Hills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- George County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Flat Landing, with the one closest to Slaughter Flat Landing listed first.
- Howell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Howell is located in George County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Agricola
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lucedale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Flat Landing, with the one closest to Slaughter Flat Landing listed first.
- D'Iberville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Biloxi
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwin County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Flat Landing, with the one closest to Slaughter Flat Landing listed first.
- Fairhope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Montrose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Park City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Park City is located in Baldwin County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Point Clear
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Spanish Fort
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mobile County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slaughter Flat Landing, with the one closest to Slaughter Flat Landing listed first.
- Grand Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Elmo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Irvington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Theodore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tillmans Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Tillmans Corner is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillmans Corner
- Bayou La Batre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Coden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Country Club Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Country Club Village is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Club Village
- Semmes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellefontaine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Bellefontaine is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefontaine
- Mon Louis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mon Louis is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mon Louis
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slaughter Flat Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Slaughter Flat Landing.
Cemeteries Near Slaughter Flat Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slaughter Flat Landing.
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 Slaughter Flat Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slaughter Flat Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slaughter Flat Landing, with the one closest to Slaughter Flat Landing listed first.
- Tates Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Forts Lake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Union Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Roberts Chapel UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Big Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dees Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shady Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Davis Chapel Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (221 more) ...
- Coleman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hudson Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kivisto Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 Slaughter Flat Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slaughter Flat Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slaughter Flat Landing, with the one closest to Slaughter Flat Landing listed first.
- Grand Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Three Rivers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Three Rivers is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Fernland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fernland is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernland
- Orange Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Orange Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Grove
- Saint Elmo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Elmo is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
- Escatawpa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Escatawpa is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escatawpa
- Moss Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bayou La Batre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Theodore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Americus ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Americus is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
- Pascagoula
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fowl River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fowl River is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowl River
- Vancleave
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Hill is located in Mobile County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slaughter Flat Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slaughter Flat Landing.
Newspapers Published in Slaughter Flat Landing ...
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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slaughter Flat Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slaughter Flat Landing, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slaughter Flat Landing.
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 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 Slaughter Flat Landing:
- Websites specific to Mississippi
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- George County
- Harrison County
- Baldwin County
- Mobile 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 Slaughter Flat Landing, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Slaughter Flat Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |