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 Swain (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 Swain. 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.
Swain is located in Cape May 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 Cape May County: Atlantic & Cumberland.
Below are the counties that are near Swain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swain:
- Cape May County (The home county of Swain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swain, with the one closest to Swain listed first.
- Clermont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clermont is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- South Dennis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Cape May Court House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cape May Court House is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape May Court House
- Goshen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Dennisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- Sea Isle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sea Isle City is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Isle City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,019 people
- Ocean View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean View is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Whitesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitesboro is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesboro
- Anglesea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Anglesea is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglesea
- Grassy Sound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grassy Sound is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Sound
- Green Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Atlantic County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swain, with the one closest to Swain listed first.
- Corbin City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Corbin City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
- Warners Mill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Warners Mill is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warners Mill
- Estell Manor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Estell Manor is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estell Manor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Somers Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Somers Point is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,153 people
- Estellville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Estellville is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estellville
- Dorothy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dorothy is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
- Linwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Linwood is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,635 people
- Bargaintown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bargaintown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bargaintown
- Clarkstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Clarkstown is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkstown
- Milmay
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Milmay is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milmay
- Margate City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Margate City is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margate City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,801 people
- Northfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Northfield is located in Atlantic County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,047 people
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swain, with the one closest to Swain listed first.
- Delmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Delmont is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delmont
- Dorchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Leesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Leesburg is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Bivalve
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bivalve is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bivalve
- Mauricetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mauricetown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauricetown
- Port Norris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Port Norris is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Norris
- Haleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Haleyville is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haleyville
- Port Elizabeth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Port Elizabeth is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Elizabeth
- Hesstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hesstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesstown
- Cumberland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cumberland is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
- Dividing Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dividing Creek is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dividing Creek
- Laurel Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Lake is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Lake
- Salem County
- Norma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Norma is located in Salem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norma
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swain, with the one closest to Swain listed first.
- Lewes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Slaughter Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swain, see our County-by-County Page for Swain.
Cemeteries Near Swain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swain.
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 Swain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swain, with the one closest to Swain listed first.
- John Wesley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fairview Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- First Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Tiffereth Israel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- United Brotherhood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Casimir Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery is located outside of Woodbine
- The St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Nicholas Ukranian Catholic Cemetery
- Steelmantown Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seaside Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckahoe UMC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (46 more) ...
- Head of the River Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head of the River Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Head of the River Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Corbin City.
- The Head of the River Cemetery has also been known as:
- Aetna Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1105371 <2>
- Leesburg Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Somers Family Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Swain had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swain, with the one closest to Swain listed first.
- Clermont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clermont is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clermont
- Cape May Court House
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cape May Court House is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape May Court House
- South Dennis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Dennis is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dennis
- Goshen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goshen is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Dias Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dias Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dias Creek
- Dennisville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dennisville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennisville
- Townsends Inlet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Townsends Inlet is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsends Inlet
- South Seaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Seaville is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Seaville
- Sea Isle City
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sea Isle City is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Isle City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,019 people
- Ocean View
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ocean View is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
- Burleigh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burleigh is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burleigh
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Green Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Green Creek is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Grassy Sound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Grassy Sound is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy Sound
- Anglesea
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Anglesea is located in Cape May County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglesea
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swain.
Newspapers Published in Swain ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swain, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Swain.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Swain:
- Websites specific to New Jersey
- Pages specific to Cape May County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atlantic County
- Cumberland County
- Salem 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Swain) 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 Swain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |