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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 New Dorp Beach (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 New Dorp Beach. 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 New Dorp Beach ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for New Dorp Beach: New Dorp Bch.

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.

Cemeteries Near New Dorp Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Dorp Beach.

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 New Dorp Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Dorp Beach, with the one closest to New Dorp Beach listed first.

  • Moravian Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Vanderbilt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Douglass Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Ocean View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Richmond Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • United Hebrew Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Silver Mount Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Silver Lake Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (430 more) ...

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 New Dorp Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Dorp Beach.

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

  • New Dorp
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • New Dorp is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Dorp
  • Oakwood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Oakwood is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
  • Richmond
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Richmond is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Great Kills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Great Kills is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills
  • Arrochar
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Arrochar is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrochar
  • Grasmere
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Grasmere is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
  • Eltingville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eltingville is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eltingville
  • Woods of Arden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Woods of Arden is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods of Arden
  • Fort Wadsworth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Wadsworth is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wadsworth
  • Rosebank
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosebank is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebank
  • Greenridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Greenridge is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
  • Annadale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Annadale is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annadale
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Seaside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Seaside is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside
    • Fort Hamilton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Fort Hamilton is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hamilton
    • Clifton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Clifton is located in Richmond County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton

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

Newspapers Published in New Dorp Beach ...

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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Dorp Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Dorp Beach, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Dorp Beach.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 New Dorp Beach:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 New Dorp Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- New Dorp Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.