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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 Oceanside 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 Oceanside 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 Oceanside 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 Oceanside Village: Oceanside 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Oceanside Village is located in Horry 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 Horry County: Brunswick (NC), Columbus (NC), Dillon, Georgetown & Marion.

Below are the counties that are near Oceanside Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oceanside Village:

  • Horry County     (The home county of Oceanside Village)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oceanside Village, with the one closest to Oceanside Village listed first.
    • Garden City
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Surfside Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Garden City Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Windjammer Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Windjammer Village is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windjammer Village
    • Socastee
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bucksport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Bucksport is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
    • Eddy Lake ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Eddy Lake is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy Lake
    • Forestbrook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Myrtle Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Port Harrelson ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Port Harrelson is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Harrelson
    • Arcadian Shores
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Brownway
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Brownway is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownway
  • Florence County
    • Johnsonville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oceanside Village, with the one closest to Oceanside Village listed first.
    • Murrells Inlet
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Inlet Oaks Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Inlet Oaks Village is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inlet Oaks Village
    • Litchfield Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverly Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Waverly Mills is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Mills
    • Jackson
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jackson is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Pawleys Island
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Campfield
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Campfield is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campfield
    • Carters Crossroads
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Carters Crossroads is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carters Crossroads
    • Allentown
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Allentown is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
    • Steele Town
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Steele Town is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steele Town
    • Georgetown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Willie Towne
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Willie Towne is located in Georgetown County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willie Towne
  • Williamsburg County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Oceanside Village, with the one closest to Oceanside Village listed first.
    • Rome
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Rome is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Hemingway
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Nesmith
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Snow Town
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Snow Town is located in Williamsburg County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Town

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

Cemeteries Near Oceanside Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oceanside 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 Oceanside Village - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Belin Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Myrtle Beach.
    • The Ocean Woods Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ocean Woods Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #70906 <2>
  • Alston Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alston Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alston Family Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the north of Pawleys Island.
    • The Alston Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Alston Cemetery
    • Oaks Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2298753 <2>
  • Withers Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Buck Graveyard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Community Memorial Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Yauhannah Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Flowers Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • All Saints Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Thompkins Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Pauley Swamp Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (68 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.<4>

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

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

  • Socastee
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bucksport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucksport is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksport
  • Bucksville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bucksville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucksville
  • Port Harrelson ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Harrelson is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Harrelson
  • Yauhannah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Yauhannah is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yauhannah
  • Waverly Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Waverly Mills is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly Mills
  • Toddville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Toddville is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddville
  • Plantersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Plantersville is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
  • Petersfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Petersfield is located in Georgetown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersfield
  • Dongola
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dongola is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dongola
  • Conway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Vaught
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Vaught is located in Horry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaught
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Nixonville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Nixonville is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixonville
    • Forney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Forney is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forney
    • Hand
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Hand is located in Horry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand

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

Newspapers Published in Oceanside 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 12 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oceanside Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oceanside Village, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oceanside 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 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 Oceanside Village:

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>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- Oceanside Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Oceanside Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.