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 Myrtle Island (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 Myrtle Island. 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 Myrtle Island ...
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 Myrtle Island: Myrtle Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Myrtle Island. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Myrtle Island.
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.
Myrtle Island 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 Myrtle Island. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Myrtle Island:
- Beaufort County (The home county of Myrtle Island)
- The following are listed by their distance from Myrtle Island, with the one closest to Myrtle Island listed first.
- Bluffton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Point Comfort
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Point Comfort is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Comfort
- Daufuskie Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harbour Town
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harbour Town is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Town
- Pritchardville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Hilton Head Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Okatie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hardeeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Battery Marina Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Point is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Port Royal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurel Bay
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Laurel Bay is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Bay
- Burton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Myrtle Island, with the one closest to Myrtle Island listed first.
- Ridgeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tillman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bryan County (GA)
- Fort McAllister
(29 miles [46.7 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 Myrtle Island, with the one closest to Myrtle Island 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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Golden Isles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Armstrong
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitemarsh Island is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitemarsh Island
- Wilmington Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thunderbolt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carver Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carver Village is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
- Garden City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Abercorn Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Abercorn Heights is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abercorn Heights
- Alabama Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Alabama Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama Junction
- Effingham County (GA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Myrtle Island, with the one closest to Myrtle Island listed first.
- Exley
(21 miles [33.8 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
(22 miles [35.4 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
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Two Sisters Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Clyo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Meldrim
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Myrtle Island, see our County-by-County Page for Myrtle Island.
Cemeteries Near Myrtle Island ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Myrtle Island.
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 Myrtle Island - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Myrtle Island covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Myrtle Island, with the one closest to Myrtle Island listed first.
- Bluffton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Moreland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Haig Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jaxville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jenkins Island Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mary Field Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Braddocks Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Six Oaks Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lawton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Opossum Point Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stoney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Talbor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (131 more) ...
- Cook Landing Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shad Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cummingsville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
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 Myrtle Island in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Myrtle Island.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Myrtle Island, with the one closest to Myrtle Island listed first.
- Bluffton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pritchardville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pritchardville is located in Beaufort County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchardville
- Hilton Head Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Okatie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tybee Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hardeeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Port Royal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Savannah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wheat Hill is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheat Hill
- Central Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Central Junction is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Junction
- Isle of Hope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Isle of Hope is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Hope
- Ridgeland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Beaufort
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Monteith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Monteith is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monteith
- Meinhard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Meinhard is located in Chatham County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meinhard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Myrtle Island. See our List of 1890's Communities around Myrtle Island.
Newspapers Published in Myrtle Island ...
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 Myrtle Island.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Myrtle Island, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Myrtle Island.
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 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 Myrtle Island:
- 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 '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- Myrtle Island) 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 Myrtle Island, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |