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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 Bethlehem Terrace (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 Bethlehem Terrace. 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 Bethlehem Terrace ...

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 Bethlehem Terrace: Bethlehem Ter. (or less commonly used: Bethlehem Terr.)

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.

Cemeteries Near Bethlehem Terrace ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bethlehem Terrace.

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 Bethlehem Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Rawles Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Oliver Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Oak Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Holly Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Rabey Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Duke Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rosemont Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Barrett Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Skeeter Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (162 more) ...
    • Riddick Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Badger Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Whitehead Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Kilby
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Kilby is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
  • Manning
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Manning is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
  • Suffolk
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Myrtle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Myrtle is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
  • Magnolia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Magnolia is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Saunders
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Saunders is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
  • Everets
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Everets is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everets
  • Holland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Holland is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
  • Windsor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <3>
  • Whaleyville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
  • Whaley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Whaley is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaley
  • Chuckatuck
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Elwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Elwood is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
    • Driver
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Driver is located in Suffolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
    • Carrsville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville

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

Newspapers Published in Bethlehem Terrace ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bethlehem Terrace.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bethlehem Terrace, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bethlehem Terrace.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Bethlehem Terrace:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Bethlehem Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Bethlehem Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.