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 Battery Marina Village (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 Battery Marina Village. 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 Battery Marina Village ...
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 Battery Marina Village: Battery Marina Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Battery Marina Village is located in Beaufort County.
To see how the shape of South Carolina's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beaufort County: Colleton, Hampton & Jasper.
Below are the counties that are near Battery Marina Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Battery Marina Village:
- Beaufort County (The home county of Battery Marina Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Battery Marina Village, with the one closest to Battery Marina Village listed first.
- Port Royal
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shell Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Burton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Polk Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Polk Village is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk Village
- Beaufort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sangster Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sangster Village is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangster Village
- Laurel Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
- Frogmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Seabrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hilton Head Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lobeco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bluffton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charleston County
- Edisto Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Colleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battery Marina Village, with the one closest to Battery Marina Village listed first.
- White Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- White Hall is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
- Edisto Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Edisto Beach is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edisto Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 402 people
- Green Pond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ritter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Ritter is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
- Hampton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battery Marina Village, with the one closest to Battery Marina Village listed first.
- Barkerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barkerville is located in Hampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkerville
- Barkerville has also been known as:
- Haywardville
- Early Branch
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Battery Marina Village, with the one closest to Battery Marina Village listed first.
- Ridgeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tillman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pineland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chatham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Battery Marina Village, with the one closest to Battery Marina Village listed first.
- Fort Screven
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Screven is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Screven
- Tybee Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Golden Isles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Robert M Hitch Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Robert M Hitch Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robert M Hitch Village
- Whitemarsh Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitemarsh Island is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemarsh Island
- Wilmington Island
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Armstrong
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Armstrong is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Armstrong
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,402 people
- Port Wentworth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Savannah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thunderbolt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Effingham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Battery Marina Village, with the one closest to Battery Marina Village listed first.
- Haddonville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Haddonville is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 965 people
- Rincon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Rincon is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,655 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rincon <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Battery Marina Village, see our County-by-County Page for Battery Marina Village.
Cemeteries Near Battery Marina Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Battery Marina Village.
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 Battery Marina Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Battery Marina Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Battery Marina Village, with the one closest to Battery Marina Village listed first.
- Jericho Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Port Royal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Fort Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Shell Point Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Beaufort Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fripp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Inlet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Beaufort National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (106 more) ...
- Citizens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Habersham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Battery Marina Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Battery Marina Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Battery Marina Village, with the one closest to Battery Marina Village listed first.
- Port Royal
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Beaufort
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Frogmore
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Coosaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Coosaw is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coosaw
- Hilton Head Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bluffton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Okatie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sheldon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pritchardville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Tomotley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tomotley is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomotley
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Hardeeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Salkehatchie
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Salkehatchie is located in Colleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salkehatchie
- Yemassee
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Battery Marina Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Battery Marina Village.
Newspapers Published in Battery Marina Village ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Battery Marina Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Battery Marina Village, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Battery Marina Village.
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 Battery Marina Village:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Beaufort County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Charleston County
- Colleton County
- Hampton County
- Jasper County
- Chatham County
- Effingham County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for South Carolina
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 Battery Marina Village, 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- Battery Marina Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |