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 Joslyn Trace (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 Joslyn Trace. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Joslyn Trace is located in Carteret County.
To see how the shape of North Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carteret County: Craven, Hyde, Jones, Onslow & Pamlico.
Below are the counties that are near Joslyn Trace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Joslyn Trace:
- Carteret County (The home county of Joslyn Trace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Joslyn Trace, with the one closest to Joslyn Trace listed first.
- Crab Point Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Crab Point Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Point Village
- Morehead City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Carolina City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Carolina City is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolina City
- Atlantic Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beaufort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Village is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Village
- North River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North River is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North River
- Pine Knoll Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bettie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bettie is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettie
- Straits
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Straits is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Newport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harkers Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Craven County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joslyn Trace, with the one closest to Joslyn Trace listed first.
- Bachelor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Hancock Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock Village
- Manteo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manteo is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteo
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
- Havelock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Havelock is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,593 people
- Slocum Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Slocum Village is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Village
- Neuse Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Neuse Forest is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neuse Forest
- Riverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverdale is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Fairfield Harbour
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield Harbour is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Harbour
- Brices Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brices Creek is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brices Creek
- James City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- James City is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Snug Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Snug Harbor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Jones County
- Maysville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Onslow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joslyn Trace, with the one closest to Joslyn Trace listed first.
- Swansboro
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hubert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Joslyn Trace, with the one closest to Joslyn Trace listed first.
- Minnesott Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Minnesott Beach is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesott Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
- Arapahoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Oriental
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pamlico
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Merritt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Merritt is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merritt
- Stonewall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Alliance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bayboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Grantsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Reelsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reelsboro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reelsboro
- Bay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Vandemere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Joslyn Trace, see our County-by-County Page for Joslyn Trace.
Cemeteries Near Joslyn Trace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Joslyn Trace.
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 Joslyn Trace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Joslyn Trace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Joslyn Trace, with the one closest to Joslyn Trace listed first.
- Greenwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Bay View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tuttles Grove UMC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nolan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Newport Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Amariah Garner Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Newport.
- The Colonial Quinn - Gould Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Quinn - Gould Families Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2435342 <2>
- Cannady Memorial Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Murphy Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Royals Creek Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Small Chapel UCC Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rawls Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stacy Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Joslyn Trace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Joslyn Trace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Joslyn Trace, with the one closest to Joslyn Trace listed first.
- Morehead City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hollywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Beaufort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wildwood is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Straits
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Straits is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Newport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bachelor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bachelor is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor
- Smyrna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Marshallberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marshallberg is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallberg
- Merrimon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Merrimon is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimon
- Cherry Point ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Point is located in Craven County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Point
- Cherry Point has also been known as:
- Cherry Point Landing
- Cherrypoint Landing
- Cherrypoint
- Davis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Janeiro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Janeiro is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janeiro
- Bogue
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bogue is located in Carteret County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
- Population from the 2020 Census: 706 people
- Arapahoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Joslyn Trace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Joslyn Trace.
Newspapers Published in Joslyn Trace ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Joslyn Trace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Joslyn Trace, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Joslyn Trace.
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 Joslyn Trace:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Carteret County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Craven County
- Jones County
- Onslow County
- Pamlico County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for North Carolina
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Joslyn Trace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Joslyn Trace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |