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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 Georgetown South (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 Georgetown South. 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 Georgetown South ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Georgetown South.

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 Georgetown South - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Hixson Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cannon Branch Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Buckhall Community Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • New Hope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brentsville Public Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ball Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Payne Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Valley View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodbine Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Clifton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • White Hall Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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    • Sacred Heart Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pittsylvania Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Groveton Confederate Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<1>

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

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

  • Manassas
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Limstrong
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Limstrong is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limstrong
  • Buckhall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Buckhall is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhall
  • Brentsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Brentsville is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentsville
  • Canova
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Canova is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canova
  • Clifton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wellington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellington is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
  • Nokesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Aden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Aden is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
  • Centreville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Independent Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Independent Hill is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independent Hill
  • Hoadly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Hoadly is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoadly
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    • Sudley Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Sudley Springs is located in Prince William County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudley Springs
    • Fairfax Station
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Gainesville
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Georgetown South. See our List of 1890's Communities around Georgetown South.

Newspapers Published in Georgetown South ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Georgetown South.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Georgetown South, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Georgetown South.

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 Georgetown South:

Footnotes ...

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