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 Sea Breeze (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 Sea Breeze. 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 northwest 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 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.
Sea Breeze is located in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County: Atlantic, Cape May, Gloucester & Salem.
Below are the counties that are near Sea Breeze. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sea Breeze:
- Cumberland County (The home county of Sea Breeze)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Greenwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Othello
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Fairton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Bay Side
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Roadstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Bridgeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Paynters Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Paynters Crossing is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paynters Crossing
- Turkey Point Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Turkey Point Corner is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point Corner
- Bridgeton Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton Junction
- Dividing Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Seabrook Farms
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seabrook Farms is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook Farms
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Milmay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Milmay is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
- Dorothy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Warners Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Warners Mill is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners Mill
- Mizpah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mizpah is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
- Estell Manor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Gigantic City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gigantic City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gigantic City
- Corbin City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Corbin City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Collings Lakes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Collings Lakes is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collings Lakes
- Cape May County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Eldora
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eldora is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
- Belleplain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Belleplain is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleplain
- Steelmantown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Steelmantown is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steelmantown
- Goshen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Dennisville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- South Dennis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Del Haven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Del Haven is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Haven
- Norburys Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Norburys Landing is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norburys Landing
- Villas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Villas is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Mount Pleasant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Green Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- North Cape May
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Cape May is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cape May
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Avis Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Avis Mills is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis Mills
- Ferrell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ferrell is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrell
- Star Cross
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Star Cross is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cross
- Victory Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Victory Lakes is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory Lakes
- Beckett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Beckett is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett
- Mullica Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mullica Hill is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullica Hill
- Downer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Downer is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downer
- Williamstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Williamstown is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Salem County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Canton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Pecks Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pecks Corner is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corner
- Hancocks Bridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hancocks Bridge is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancocks Bridge
- Friesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Friesburg is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friesburg
- Alloway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Alloway is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alloway
- Quinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Quinton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinton
- Aldine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aldine is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldine
- Shirley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Shirley is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Norma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Norma is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Olivet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Olivet is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Acton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Acton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acton
- Alliance
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Alliance is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Leipsic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Little Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Independence Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Village
- Burtonwood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burtonwood Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonwood Village
- Cheswold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeshore Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
- Smyrna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spruance City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Spruance City is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruance City
- Sunnyside Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Village
- Bicentennial Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bicentennial Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicentennial Village
- Carlisle Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Deakyneville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Blackbird
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Port Penn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Forest is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Odessa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- McDonough
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Delaware City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Middletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vandyke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Saint Georges
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Kirkwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sussex County (DE)
- Slaughter Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sea Breeze, see our County-by-County Page for Sea Breeze.
Cemeteries Near Sea Breeze ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sea Breeze.
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 Sea Breeze - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sea Breeze covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Greenwich Friends Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Old Stone Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swing Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Overlook Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Bridgeton.
- The Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Broad Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969053 <2>
- Fernwood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Moors Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cuff Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuff Cemetery
- The Cuff Cemetery has also been known as:
- Canton Cemetery
- Laurel Lawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (105 more) ...
- Roby United Methodist Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canton Baptist Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Sea Breeze in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sea Breeze.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sea Breeze, with the one closest to Sea Breeze listed first.
- Greenwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Cedarville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Fairton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairton
- Sheppards Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sheppards Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppards Mill
- Bay Side
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Newport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Newport is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Bowentown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bowentown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowentown
- Bridgeton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,635 people
- Roadstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roadstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roadstown
- Gouldtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gouldtown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gouldtown
- Bridgeton Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgeton Junction is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeton Junction
- Leipsic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Dividing Creek Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Canton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canton is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Seeley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Seeley is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sea Breeze. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sea Breeze.
Newspapers Published in Sea Breeze ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sea Breeze.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sea Breeze, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sea Breeze.
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 Sea Breeze:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Cumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Cape May County
- Gloucester County
- Salem County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Jersey
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 Sea Breeze, 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- Sea Breeze) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |