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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 Brittany Farms (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 Brittany Farms. 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.

Cemeteries Near Brittany Farms ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brittany Farms.

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 Brittany Farms - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Little Zion Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Ames Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Canaan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Triangle Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenlaw Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Greenlawn Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Christian Home Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Holly Lawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (162 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.<3>

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

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

  • Driver
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Driver is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
  • Shoulders Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
  • Deanes
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Deanes is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanes
  • Chuckatuck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Chuckatuck is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckatuck
  • Magnolia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Magnolia is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
  • Longview
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Longview is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
  • Everets
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Everets is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everets
  • Suffolk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Carrollton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kilby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Kilby is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilby
  • Myrtle
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Myrtle is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
  • Rescue
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Rescue is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rescue
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Norfolk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lamberts Point
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Lamberts Point is located in Norfolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamberts Point
    • Smithfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Brittany Farms:

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brittany Farms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Brittany Farms, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.