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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 South Jamesport (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 South Jamesport. 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 South Jamesport ...

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 South Jamesport: S. Jamesport

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of South Jamesport)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Jamesport, with the one closest to South Jamesport listed first.
    • Jamesport
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Laurel
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Aquebogue
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Northville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Northville is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
    • Squiretown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Squiretown is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squiretown
    • Flanders
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mattituck
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Luce Landing
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Luce Landing is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luce Landing
    • Riverhead
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hampton Bays
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pine Valley is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
    • East Quogue
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Jamesport, with the one closest to South Jamesport listed first.
    • Clinton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Grove Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Clinton
      (24 miles [38.6 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
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Saybrook Manor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Westbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 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
    • Westbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Fenwick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Old Saybrook
      (26 miles [41.8 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
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Essex
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Essex is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,634 people
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Jamesport, with the one closest to South Jamesport listed first.
    • Madison
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • East River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Guilford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Stony Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Pine Orchard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
    • Branford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
    • Branford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Short Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • Guilford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Guilford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,043 people
    • Madison
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
    • East Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • East Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
    • East Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • New London County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Jamesport, with the one closest to South Jamesport listed first.
    • Old Lyme
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 northeast)
    • South Lyme
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near South Jamesport ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Jamesport.

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 South Jamesport - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Jamesport Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Aquebogue Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Sound Ave. Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Northville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Good Grond Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethany Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mattituck Presbyterian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverhead Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • East Quogue Methodist Church Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Old Burying Ground
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (178 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.<3>

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

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

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

Newspapers Published in South Jamesport ...

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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Jamesport.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Jamesport, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Jamesport.

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 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 South Jamesport:

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 South Jamesport, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Jamesport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.