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 Holland (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 Holland. 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 Holland ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holland, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Holland:
- 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 Holland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holland.
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 Holland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- The Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152574 <2>
- Rawles Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rawles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rawles Cemetery
- Southampton Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southampton Memorial Park
- Rabey Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rabey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rabey Cemetery
- Barrett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barrett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barrett Cemetery
- Tyler Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyler Cemetery
- Town of Windsor Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Town of Windsor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Town of Windsor Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Spring Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- The Poplar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Spring Cemetery
- Franklin Municipal Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Municipal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Municipal Cemetery
- Raiford Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Raiford Cemetery
- Continue List (148 more) ...
- Barham Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barham Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antioch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antioch Cemetery
- Skeeter Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skeeter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skeeter Cemetery
- Barham 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Holland had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holland, with the one closest to Holland listed first.
- Elwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Carrsville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Cleopus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Lees Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - South Quay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Quay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Quay
- South Quay is located in Suffolk City
- Somerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Manning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Whaleyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whaleyville
- Whaleyville is located in Suffolk City
- Whaley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Myrtle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Franklin City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,833 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <5>
- Kilby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Windsor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <5>
- Reynoldson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynoldson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County (NC)
- Isaac
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Windsor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holland.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Holland. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Holland) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Holland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6811, Longitude: -76.7807 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <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 Holland, 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. |