Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Joy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Joy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Joy, please Contact Us.

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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 Joy (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 Joy. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Joy is historic, it would have been located within present day White Pine County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of White Pine County: Elko, Eureka, Lincoln, Nye, Juab (UT), Millard (UT) & Tooele (UT).

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

• White Pine County     (The home county of Joy)
  • Fort Ruby ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ruby
    • Fort Ruby is located in White Pine County
    • Fort Ruby has also been known as:
    • Camp Ruby
• Elko County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Joy, with the one closest to Joy listed first.
  • Shanty Town
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shanty Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanty Town
    • Shanty Town is located in Elko County
  • Cave Creek
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
    • Cave Creek is located in Elko County
    • Cave Creek has also been known as:
    • Cavecreek
  • Ruby Valley
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Valley
    • Ruby Valley is located in Elko County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby Valley <3>
• Eureka County
  • Diamond City ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
    • Diamond City is located in Eureka County

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

Newspapers Published in Joy ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Joy.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Joy, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Joy.

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 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 Joy:

• Websites specific to Nevada
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Nevada State Library and Archives

• Pages specific to White Pine County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Elko County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Eureka County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Nevada
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cemeteries of White Pine County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Nevada
  • Cemeteries of White Pine County

Cemeteries Near Joy ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Joy.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

• Ft. Ruby Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Ruby Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2499362 <5>

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.

While we didn't find Joy in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Joy.

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

• Cave Creek
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Creek
  • Cave Creek is located in Elko County
  • Cave Creek has also been known as:
  • Cavecreek
• Diamond City ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
  • Diamond City is located in Eureka County
• Huntington ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
  • Huntington is located in Elko County
• Ruby Valley
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Valley
  • Ruby Valley is located in Elko County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruby Valley <3>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.nv.us/

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/