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 Rose Bay (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 Rose Bay. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Rose Bay is located in Hyde 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 Hyde County: Beaufort, Dare, Tyrrell & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Rose Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rose Bay:
- Hyde County (The home county of Rose Bay)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Bay, with the one closest to Rose Bay listed first.
- Scranton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scranton is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Swan Quarter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Germantown is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
- Sladesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Mount Olive
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Olive is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
- Last Chance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Last Chance is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
- Mount Pleasant
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Nebraska
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Nebraska is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska
- White Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- White Plains is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Engelhard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Beaufort County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Bay, with the one closest to Rose Bay listed first.
- Belhaven
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ransomville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Pantego
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pantego is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Pungo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pungo is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
- Union Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Union Grove is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Gaylord
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gaylord is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaylord
- Bath
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pomouk Indian Village ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Aurora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitepost
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Whitepost is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepost
- Whitepost has also been known as:
- White Post
- Pinetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pinetown is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetown
- Walla Watta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Walla Watta is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walla Watta
- Pamlico County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Bay, with the one closest to Rose Bay listed first.
- Lowland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lowland is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowland
- Hobucken
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- Mesic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mesic is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 210 people
- Vandemere
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vandemere is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandemere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Bay City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bay City is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
- Pamlico
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pamlico is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico
- Bayboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stonewall is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 269 people
- Tyrrell County
- New Lands
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- New Lands is located in Tyrrell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lands
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rose Bay, with the one closest to Rose Bay listed first.
- Wenona
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wenona is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Creswell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rose Bay, see our County-by-County Page for Rose Bay.
Cemeteries Near Rose Bay ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rose Bay.
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 Rose Bay - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rose Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rose Bay, with the one closest to Rose Bay listed first.
- Donald Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Soule Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Watson Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Oddfellows Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fulford Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pettigrew Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cahoon Family Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- James I. Moore Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- High Hill Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas S. Woodley Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Concord Church Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Bonner Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rowe Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Oakhaven Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
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 Rose Bay in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rose Bay.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rose Bay, with the one closest to Rose Bay listed first.
- Swan Quarter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scranton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scranton is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scranton
- Sladesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sladesville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sladesville
- Makleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Makleyville is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makleyville
- Fairfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leechville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Leechville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechville
- Ransomville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ransomville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ransomville
- Lake Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lake Landing is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Landing
- Pungo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pungo is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
- Pantego
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pantego is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pantego
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Hobucken
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Hobucken is located in Pamlico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobucken
- South Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Creek is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Creek
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Middletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Hyde County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Yeatesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yeatesville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeatesville
- Engelhard
(22 miles [35.4 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 Rose Bay. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rose Bay.
Newspapers Published in Rose Bay ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rose Bay.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rose Bay, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rose Bay.
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 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 Rose Bay:
- Websites specific to North Carolina
- Pages specific to Hyde County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Beaufort County
- Pamlico County
- Tyrrell County
- Washington 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> | 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 Rose Bay, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rose Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |