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 Brighton 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 Brighton 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 Brighton 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.
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 Brighton Beach: Brighton Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Brighton Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Brighton Beach.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Brighton Beach 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 Brighton Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brighton Beach:
- Beaufort County (The home county of Brighton Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brighton Beach, with the one closest to Brighton Beach listed first.
- Bluffton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harbour Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
- Point Comfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Hilton Head Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Daufuskie Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pritchardville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Okatie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Battery Marina Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Port Royal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hardeeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Burton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brighton Beach, with the one closest to Brighton Beach listed first.
- Ridgeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tillman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan County (GA)
- Fort McAllister
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fort McAllister is located in Bryan County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort McAllister
- Chatham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brighton Beach, with the one closest to Brighton Beach listed first.
- Fort Screven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fort Screven is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Screven
- Tybee Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Golden Isles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Armstrong
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Robert M Hitch Village
(16 miles [25.7 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
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whitemarsh Island is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemarsh Island
- Wilmington Island
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Savannah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Thunderbolt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bona Bella
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Bona Bella is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bona Bella
- Carver Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Carver Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
- Garden City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Effingham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brighton Beach, with the one closest to Brighton Beach listed first.
- Exley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Exley is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exley
- Population from the 2010 Census: 2,894 people
- Rincon
(23 miles [37 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>
- Haddonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Haddonville is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 965 people
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clyo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Two Sisters Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Two Sisters Ferry is located in Effingham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Sisters Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,063 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brighton Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Brighton Beach.
Cemeteries Near Brighton Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brighton 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 Brighton Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brighton Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brighton Beach, with the one closest to Brighton Beach listed first.
- Bluffton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jenkins Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haig Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Braddocks Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lawton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Opossum Point Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jaxville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stoney Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Six Oaks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Talbor Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mary Field Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (128 more) ...
- Pope Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Baynard Tomb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Elliot Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<4>
While we didn't find Brighton Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brighton Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brighton Beach, with the one closest to Brighton Beach listed first.
- Bluffton
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hilton Head Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pritchardville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Okatie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tybee Island
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Port Royal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hardeeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Savannah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Beaufort
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wheat Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
- Ridgeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Central Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Isle of Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Frogmore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Frogmore is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frogmore
- Monteith
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Monteith is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brighton Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brighton Beach.
Newspapers Published in Brighton 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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brighton Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brighton Beach, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brighton 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 Brighton Beach:
- Websites specific to South Carolina
- Pages specific to Beaufort County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- Bryan 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Brighton Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Brighton Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |