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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 Flying Point (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 Flying Point. 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 Flying Point ...

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 Flying Point: Flying Pt.

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 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.

Flying Point 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 Flying Point. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flying Point:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Flying Point)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flying Point, with the one closest to Flying Point listed first.
    • Watermill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Watermill is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
    • West Mecox Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • West Mecox Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Mecox Village
    • Southampton
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • 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>
    • Tuckahoe
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Tuckahoe is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
    • Art Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Art Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art Village
    • Bridgehampton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sagaponack
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • North Sea
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • North Sea is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sea
    • Shinnecock Hills
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Shinnecock Hills is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinnecock Hills
    • Wainscott
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bay Point
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Bay Point is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
    • Noyack
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hampton Bays
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flying Point, with the one closest to Flying Point listed first.
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Fenwick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Clinton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Grove Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Old Saybrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Old Saybrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saybrook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
    • Old Saybrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Saybrook Manor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Westbrook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Westbrook
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • 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 north)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flying Point, with the one closest to Flying Point listed first.
    • Madison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Flying Point, with the one closest to Flying Point listed first.
    • South Lyme
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Old Lyme
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • 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
    • Old Lyme
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Niantic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Pleasure Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Pleasure Beach is located in New London County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Beach

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

Cemeteries Near Flying Point ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flying Point.

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 Flying Point - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Flying Point Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Old Southampton Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Water Mill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • North End Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Mecox Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Hay Ground Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Southampton Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary RC Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Bridgehampton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • North Sea Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Shinnecock Indian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Sagg Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (113 more) ...
    • Edgewood Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Poxabogue Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wainscott Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<3>

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

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

  • Watermill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Watermill is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
  • Southampton
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • 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>
  • Sagaponack
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bridgehampton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Shinnecock Hills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Shinnecock Hills is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinnecock Hills
  • Sag Harbor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • New Suffolk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • East Hampton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cutchogue
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mattituck
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • East Quogue
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Southold
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Flying Point ...

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 108 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flying Point.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flying Point, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flying Point.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Flying Point:

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 Flying Point, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flying Point) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.