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 Parkview (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 Parkview. 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 Parkview ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parkview.
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 Parkview covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parkview, with the one closest to Parkview listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Dinwiddie Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dinwiddie Memorial Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Dinwiddie Memorial Park is a large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50042 <2>
- Poplar Grove National Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Grove National Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Poplar Grove National Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Peoples Memorial Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peoples Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peoples Memorial Cemetery is located in Petersburg.
- The Peoples Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Providence Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192025 <2>
- Little Church Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Church Street Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1889373 <2>
- Ettrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ettrick Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ettrick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Smiths Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smiths Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smiths Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Eastview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eastview Cemetery is located in Petersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1933708 <2>
- Rod-of Sholom Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rod-of Sholom Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rod-of Sholom Cemetery is located in Petersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192213 <2>
- Wilkerson Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilkerson Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilkerson Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Petersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1992690 <2>
- Brith Achim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brith Achim Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brith Achim Cemetery is located in Petersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222405 <2>
- St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Joseph's RC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Petersburg.
- The St. Joseph's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1968061 <2>
- Continue List (270 more) ...
- Blandford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blandford Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blandford Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Petersburg.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49478 <2>
- Southlawn Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southlawn Memorial Park
- Hollywood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollywood Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollywood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Blandford 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.<3>
While we didn't find Parkview in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parkview.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parkview, with the one closest to Parkview listed first.
- Pembroke
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Ettrick
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
- Ettrick is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ettrick <4>
- Matoaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matoaca
- Matoaca is located in Chesterfield County
- Burgess
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Derby ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Sutherland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutherland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutherland
- Sutherland is located in Dinwiddie County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutherland <4>
- Walthall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Templeton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Rowanta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Chester
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <4>
- Carson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Marmona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Continue List (17 more) ...
- Glendoyle ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Chesterfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesterfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
- Chesterfield is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chesterfield <4>
- Talpa ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glendoyle ‑ Historic
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Parkview. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parkview.
Newspapers Published in Parkview ...
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 129 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parkview.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parkview, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parkview.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Parkview:
- 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
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Parkview. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <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 Parkview, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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- Parkview) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Parkview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1988, Longitude: -77.4311 In this case, the coordinates for Parkview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |