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 Holiday Heights (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 Holiday Heights. 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 Holiday Heights ...

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 Holiday Heights: Holiday Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Holiday Heights. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holiday Heights.

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 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.

Holiday Heights is located in Ocean County.

To see how the shape of New Jersey's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ocean County: Atlantic, Burlington & Monmouth.

Below are the counties that are near Holiday Heights. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holiday Heights:

Ocean County (The home county of Holiday Heights)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holiday Heights, with the one closest to Holiday Heights listed first.
- Silver Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  - Silver Ridge is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Ridge
- Dover Forge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  - Dover Forge is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Forge
- Toms River
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  - Toms River is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
- Double Trouble ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  - Double Trouble is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Trouble
- Pine Ridge at Crestwood
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  - Pine Ridge at Crestwood is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge at Crestwood
- Glen Cedar City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  - Glen Cedar City is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cedar City
- Davenport ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  - Davenport is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
- Leisure Knoll
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  - Leisure Knoll is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Knoll
- Bayville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  - Bayville is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
- Crestwood Village
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  - Crestwood Village is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestwood Village
- Cedar Glen West
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  - Cedar Glen West is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen West
- Whiting
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  - Whiting is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Cedar Glen Lakes
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  - Cedar Glen Lakes is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Glen Lakes
Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holiday Heights, with the one closest to Holiday Heights listed first.
- Sweetwater
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  - Sweetwater is located in Atlantic County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Weekstown
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  - Weekstown is located in Atlantic County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weekstown
Burlington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holiday Heights, with the one closest to Holiday Heights listed first.
- Country Lake Estates
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  - Country Lake Estates is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Lake Estates
- Presidential Lakes Estates
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  - Presidential Lakes Estates is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presidential Lakes Estates
- Chatsworth
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  - Chatsworth is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatsworth
- Browns Mills
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  - Browns Mills is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Mills
- Jacobstown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  - Jacobstown is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobstown
- Speedwell
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  - Speedwell is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedwell
- Fort Dix
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  - Fort Dix is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Dix
- Ellisdale
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  - Ellisdale is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisdale
- Sooy Place
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  - Sooy Place is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sooy Place
- Juliustown
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  - Juliustown is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juliustown
- Pemberton Heights
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  - Pemberton Heights is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pemberton Heights
- Washington
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  - Washington is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  - Population from the 2020 Census: 6,459 people
- Chambers Corners
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  - Chambers Corners is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers Corners
Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holiday Heights, with the one closest to Holiday Heights listed first.
- Twin Rivers
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Twin Rivers is located in Mercer County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rivers
- Edinburg
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  - Edinburg is located in Mercer County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
- White Horse
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  - White Horse is located in Mercer County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse
- Mercerville
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Mercerville is located in Mercer County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercerville
- Rosemont
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Rosemont is located in Mercer County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont
Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holiday Heights, with the one closest to Holiday Heights listed first.
- Clearbrook Park
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  - Clearbrook Park is located in Middlesex County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook Park
- Concordia
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  - Concordia is located in Middlesex County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concordia
- Cranbury Station
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  - Cranbury Station is located in Middlesex County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury Station
- Moerls Corner
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  - Moerls Corner is located in Middlesex County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moerls Corner
- Whittingham
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  - Whittingham is located in Middlesex County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittingham
- Jamesburg
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  - Jamesburg is located in Middlesex County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesburg
- Cranbury
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Cranbury is located in Middlesex County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranbury
- Rossmoor
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Rossmoor is located in Middlesex County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossmoor
Monmouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holiday Heights, with the one closest to Holiday Heights listed first.
- Ramtown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  - Ramtown is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramtown
- Maxim
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  - Maxim is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxim
- Allenwood
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  - Allenwood is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenwood
- Squankum
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  - Squankum is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squankum
- Allaire Village ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  - Allaire Village is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaire Village
  - Allaire Village has also been known as:
  - Allaire
- Prospertown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Prospertown is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospertown
- Hornerstown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  - Hornerstown is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornerstown
- Ardena
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  - Ardena is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardena
- West Belmar
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  - West Belmar is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Belmar
- Cream Ridge
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  - Cream Ridge is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cream Ridge
- Belmar
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  - Belmar is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmar
- Imlaystown
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Imlaystown is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imlaystown
- Polhemustown
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Polhemustown is located in Monmouth County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polhemustown

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holiday Heights, see our County-by-County Page for Holiday Heights.

Cemeteries Near Holiday Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holiday Heights.

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 Holiday Heights - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

St. Maximillian Kolbe RC Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Maximillian Kolbe RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Maximillian Kolbe RC Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Toms River.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2495814 <1>
Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
St. Joseph Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
Cedar Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove Cemetery
- The Cedar Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Applegate Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2160767 <1>
B'nai Israel Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B'nai Israel Memorial Park
Toms River Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River Cemetery
Bayville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bayville.
- The Bayville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bayview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1653882 <1>
Dover Chapel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Chapel Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dover Chapel Cemetery is located in Bayville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152837 <1>
Old St. John's Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old St. John's Church Cemetery
Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presbyterian Cemetery
Ocean County Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean County Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocean County Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the north of Toms River.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #100148 <1>
Good Luck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Luck Cemetery
Continue List (89 more) ...
- Silverton Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton Cemetery
  - To give a relative sense of its location, the Silverton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Silverton.
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1977553 <1>
- St. Marys Of The Lake Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Of The Lake Cemetery
- Olam Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olam Cemetery

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 Holiday Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holiday Heights.

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

Toms River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Toms River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toms River
Davenport ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Davenport is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davenport
Bayville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bayville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayville
Whiting
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Whiting is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
Silverton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Silverton is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
Forked River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forked River is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
Whitesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Whitesville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wheatland is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
Chadwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Chadwick is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
Osbornsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Osbornsville is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osbornsville
Lakewood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lakewood is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood
Buckingham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Buckingham is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
Continue List (13 more) ...
- Waretown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  - Waretown is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waretown
- Woodmansie
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  - Woodmansie is located in Burlington County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodmansie
- Van Hiseville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  - Van Hiseville is located in Ocean County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Hiseville

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

Newspapers Published in Holiday Heights ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holiday Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holiday Heights, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holiday Heights.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Holiday Heights:

Websites specific to New Jersey
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the New Jersey State Archives

Pages specific to Ocean County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails

Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Burlington County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Mercer County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Middlesex County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Monmouth County
  - Jump to Cyndi's List
  - Jump to Family Search
  - Jump to Genealogy Trails

Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of New Jersey
- Cemeteries of Ocean County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Jersey
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of New Jersey
- Cemeteries of Ocean County

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	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- Holiday Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Holiday Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.