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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 Lake View (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 Lake View. 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.

Name Variations for Lake View ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

Another variation: Lakeview.

  • A typical abbreviation for Lake View: Lk. View

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lake View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lake View.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Cemeteries Near Lake View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake View.

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 Lake View - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Eastern Shore Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Princess Ann Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Nimmo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Lynnhaven Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Colonial Grove Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Kellam Family Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Whitehart Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lane Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jones Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rosewood Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Charity Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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    • Bethel Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Grove Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Virginia Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • London Bridge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • London Bridge is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Bridge
  • Lynnhaven
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lynnhaven is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnhaven
  • Nimmo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nimmo is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimmo
  • Mapleton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mapleton is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
  • Pungo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
  • Thalia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Thalia is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thalia
  • Kempsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Kempsville is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempsville
  • Elizabeth Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Elizabeth Park is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
  • Creeds
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Creeds is located in Virginia Beach City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeds
  • Ocean View
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ocean View is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
  • Brambleton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Brambleton is located in Norfolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brambleton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Berkley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Berkley is located in Norfolk City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
    • Norfolk
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Vine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Vine is located in Virginia Beach City
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine

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

Newspapers Published in Lake View ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake View, there are papers which were published within Less than 2 miles<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake View.

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 helpful 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 Lake View:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Lake View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.