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 Chesapeake (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 Chesapeake. 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.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Chesapeake ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chesapeake.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Chesapeake. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Chesapeake and those printed in the larger area surrounding Chesapeake.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> of Chesapeake.
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 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 Chesapeake:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Library of Virginia
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Virginia
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Virginia
Cemeteries Near Chesapeake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chesapeake.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chesapeake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chesapeake, with the one closest to Chesapeake listed first.
- Berea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berea Cemetery
- Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Gardens
- Sargent March Corfrew Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sargent March Corfrew Family Cemetery
- Good Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Hope Cemetery
- Wallace Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- The Wallace Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Deep Creek Lock Park Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallace Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2283847 <3>
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olive Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olive Cemetery
- Roosevelt Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roosevelt Memorial Park
- Wallaceton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wallaceton Cemetery is located
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallaceton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2634619 <3>
- Workmans Circle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Workmans Circle Cemetery
- Bainbridge & Elco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bainbridge & Elco Cemetery
- Jewish Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jewish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jewish Cemetery
- Continue List (117 more) ...
- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51000 <3>
- Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
- Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<1> to the northeast of Portsmouth.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Olive Branch Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484454 <3>
- Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
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 Chesapeake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chesapeake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chesapeake, with the one closest to Chesapeake listed first.
- Berkley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Elizabeth Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
- Elizabeth Park is located in Norfolk City
- Brambleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brambleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brambleton
- Brambleton is located in Norfolk City
- Norfolk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Norfolk is located in Norfolk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242,803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norfolk <5>
- Kempsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempsville
- Kempsville is located in Virginia Beach City
- Shoulders Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoulders Hill
- Shoulders Hill is located in Suffolk City
- Lilly
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south) - Moyock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyock
- Moyock is located in Currituck County (NC)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moyock <5>
- Lamberts Point
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamberts Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamberts Point
- Lamberts Point is located in Norfolk City
- Deanes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Magnolia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west) - Saunders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mapleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Driver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
- Driver is located in Suffolk City
- Vine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chesapeake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chesapeake.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chesapeake: www.chesapeake.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chesapeake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chesapeake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6876, Longitude: -76.3122 In this case, the coordinates for Chesapeake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Chesapeake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |