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 Beach Hampton (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 Beach Hampton. 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 doctors and 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.
Beach Hampton is located in Suffolk County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Below are the counties that are near Beach Hampton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beach Hampton:
- Suffolk County (The home county of Beach Hampton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach Hampton, with the one closest to Beach Hampton listed first.
- Alberts Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Alberts Landing is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberts Landing
- Amagansett
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Napeague
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Napeague is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napeague
- Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springs is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
- East Hampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jericho
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jericho is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Northwest Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Northwest Harbor is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Harbor
- Wainscott
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montauk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sagaponack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sag Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bay Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bay Point is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
- Middlesex County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach Hampton, with the one closest to Beach Hampton listed first.
- Fenwick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
- Plum Bank Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
- Old Saybrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Saybrook
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Saybrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saybrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
- Saybrook Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
- Westbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
- Westbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westbrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,842 people
- Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
- Essex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Essex is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,634 people
- New London County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beach Hampton, with the one closest to Beach Hampton listed first.
- Pleasure Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasure Beach is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Beach
- Eastern Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Eastern Point is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Point
- South Lyme
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Groton is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,872 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <1>
- New London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- New London is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,870 people
- Niantic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Noank
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Groton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Groton is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,258 people
- Pequot Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pequot Village is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequot Village
- Poquonock Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Poquonock Bridge is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquonock Bridge
- Waterford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,865 people
- Old Lyme
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,280 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beach Hampton, see our County-by-County Page for Beach Hampton.
Cemeteries Near Beach Hampton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beach Hampton.
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 Beach Hampton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beach Hampton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beach Hampton, with the one closest to Beach Hampton listed first.
- East End Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Springs Community Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green River Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Swamp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lily Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North End Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Luke's Memorial Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- South End Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- John B Parsons Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Richard King Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (118 more) ...
- Jericho Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Edwards Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Most Holy Trinity RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Beach Hampton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beach Hampton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beach Hampton, with the one closest to Beach Hampton listed first.
- Amagansett
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Springs is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
- East Hampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sagaponack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sag Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bridgehampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Watermill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Watermill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
- Shelter Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orient Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
- Shelter Island Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orient
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Marion
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Greenport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Southampton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Southampton is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,313 people
- Southampton has also been known as:
- Southampton village
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southampton <1>
- Southold
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beach Hampton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beach Hampton.
Newspapers Published in Beach Hampton ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beach Hampton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beach Hampton, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beach Hampton.
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 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 Beach Hampton:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Suffolk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Middlesex County
- New London County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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 Beach Hampton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Beach Hampton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |