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 Burgess (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 Burgess. 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.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Burgess is located in Northumberland County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Northumberland County: Lancaster, Richmond & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Burgess. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burgess:
- Northumberland County (The home county of Burgess)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Blackwells
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
- Ophelia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunnybank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
- Remo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Remo is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remo
- Reedville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fleeton
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleeton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleeton
- Heathsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Coan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coan is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coan
- Bundick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bundick is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
- Lara
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lara is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lara
- Lynhams
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lynhams is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynhams
- Rainswood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rainswood is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainswood
- Lodge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lodge is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodge
- Accomack County
- Tangier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Bowlers Wharf
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bowlers Wharf is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowlers Wharf
- Dunnsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Tappahannock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Freeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Freeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Glenns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- North
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Adner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Adner is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adner
- King and Queen County
- Contra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Contra is located in King and Queen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contra
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Lankford Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lankford Corner is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Corner
- Alfonso
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alfonso is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfonso
- Richtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Richtown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richtown
- Kilmarnock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Merry Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Merry Point is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merry Point
- Griffins Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Griffins Landing is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Landing
- Irvington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ocran
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ocran is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocran
- Monaskon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monaskon is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monaskon
- Ottoman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ottoman is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottoman
- Weems
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Weems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- White Stone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Millenbeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millenbeck
- Mathews County
- Mathews
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Nesting
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Nesting is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesting
- Locust Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Remlik
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Urbanna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Amburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Amburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amburg
- Harmony Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Stingray Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingray Point
- Grafton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grafton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Hartfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wilton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wilton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Saluda
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Downings
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Downings is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downings
- Farnham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Farnham is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnham
- Simonson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Simonson is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simonson
- Emmerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Emmerton is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmerton
- Rich Neck
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rich Neck is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Neck
- Simons Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Simons Corner is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons Corner
- Warsaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tallent Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Tallent Town is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallent Town
- Naylors
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Naylors is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylors
- Newland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Newland is located in Richmond County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newland
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Kinsale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Griffiths Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Griffiths Corner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths Corner
- Tucker Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tucker Hill is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker Hill
- Machodoc
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Machodoc is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machodoc
- Nomini Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nomini Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nomini Grove
- Hinnom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hinnom is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinnom
- Montross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chiltons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chiltons is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltons
- Calvert County (MD)
- Solomons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dorchester County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Crocheron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crocheron is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocheron
- Bishops Head
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bishops Head is located in Dorchester County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishops Head
- Saint Mary's County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Scotland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dameron
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dameron is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dameron
- Gum Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Gum Landing is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Landing
- Piney Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Drayden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Saint Marys City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tall Timbers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Lee
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Valley Lee is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Lee
- Great Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Callaway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lexington Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Breton Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Breton Beach is located in Saint Mary's County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breton Beach
- Somerset County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Rhodes Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Rhodes Point is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhodes Point
- Smith Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Smith Island is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Island
- Tylerton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Crisfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Daugherty Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Daugherty Town is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Town
- Wenona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wenona is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenona
- Lawsonia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lawsonia is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonia
- Deal Island
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Frenchtown - Rumbly is located in Somerset County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown - Rumbly
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Burgess, see our County-by-County Page for Burgess.
Cemeteries Near Burgess ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burgess.
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 Burgess - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Burgess covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Fairfields Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hope Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Roseland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- TestShiva Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morattico Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lebanon Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Willie Chapel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Beulah Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beane Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Francis De Sales Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (93 more) ...
- Grace Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bethel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Burgess in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burgess.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Burgess, with the one closest to Burgess listed first.
- Blackwells
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Blackwells is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwells
- Mila
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mila is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mila
- Lilian
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lilian is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lilian
- Ophelia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wicomico Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fairport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairport is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
- Reedville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnybank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunnybank is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnybank
- Avalon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Avalon is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Browns Store
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Browns Store is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Store
- Heathsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bundick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bundick is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundick
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lewisetta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisetta is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisetta
- Lottsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kilmarnock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burgess. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burgess.
Newspapers Published in Burgess ...
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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burgess.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burgess, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burgess.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Burgess:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Northumberland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Accomack County
- Essex County
- Gloucester County
- King and Queen County
- Lancaster County
- Mathews County
- Middlesex County
- Richmond County
- Westmoreland County
- Calvert County
- Dorchester County
- Saint Mary's County
- Somerset County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
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> | 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 Burgess, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Burgess) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |