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 Peaceful Beach Estates (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 Peaceful Beach Estates. 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 Peaceful Beach Estates ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Peaceful Beach Estates: Peaceful Bch. Ests.
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.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Peaceful Beach Estates is located in Northampton County.
To see how the shape of Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Below are the counties that are near Peaceful Beach Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Peaceful Beach Estates:
- Northampton County (The home county of Peaceful Beach Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- Jamesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamesville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Pleasant Cove Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Cove Village is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Cove Village
- Bridgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgetown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Nassawadox
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wardtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wardtown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardtown
- Birdsnest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Machipongo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marionville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
- Sheps End
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sheps End is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheps End
- Exmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eastville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cheriton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Accomack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- Belle Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Savage Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Savage Town is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage Town
- Cats Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cats Bridge is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cats Bridge
- Painter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Keller
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett Town
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crockett Town is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crockett Town
- Melfa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Mount
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locust Mount is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Mount
- Wachapreague
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Locustville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Onancock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Onley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gloucester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- North
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rowes Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rowes Haven is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowes Haven
- Achilles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Achilles is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Achilles
- Freeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Freeport is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- Westland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westland
- Ocran
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ocran is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocran
- White Stone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Irvington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kilmarnock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weems
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Weems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
- Mathews County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- Diggs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Onemo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Onemo is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onemo
- Peary
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peary is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peary
- New Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Beaverlett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Beaverlett is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverlett
- Mathews
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ruff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ruff is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruff
- Susan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Susan is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susan
- Cardinal
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cardinal is located in Mathews County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardinal
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- Stingray Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Stingray Point is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stingray Point
- Sandy Bottom ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sandy Bottom is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Bottom
- Amburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Amburg is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amburg
- Wilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wilton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Hartfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Grafton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Grafton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Harmony Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harmony Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Village
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- Lynhams
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lynhams is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynhams
- Fleeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fleeton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleeton
- Reedville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Peaceful Beach Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Peaceful Beach Estates.
Cemeteries Near Peaceful Beach Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Peaceful Beach Estates.
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 Peaceful Beach Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Peaceful Beach Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- Belle Haven Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Phillips Place Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Holland Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Whitehead Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pungoteague Community Church Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- McLane Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Major Doughty Gravesite
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cape Charles Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Martin/Hatton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin/Hatton
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Martin/Hatton is located outside and to the west of Melfa.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2258639 <2>
- Morgan Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Deal Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (89 more) ...
- Knight Burial Ground
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Owens - Parker Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- John Forrest Grave
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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 Peaceful Beach Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Peaceful Beach Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Peaceful Beach Estates, with the one closest to Peaceful Beach Estates listed first.
- Jamesville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamesville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamesville
- Bridgetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgetown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Franktown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Birdsnest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nassawadox
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wardtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wardtown is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardtown
- Davis Wharf
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Davis Wharf is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Wharf
- Machipongo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marionville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marionville is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marionville
- Hadlock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hadlock is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadlock
- Shadyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Shadyside is located in Northampton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadyside
- Exmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Craddockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craddockville is located in Accomack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craddockville
- Belle Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Eastville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Peaceful Beach Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Peaceful Beach Estates.
Newspapers Published in Peaceful Beach Estates ...
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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Peaceful Beach Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Peaceful Beach Estates, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Peaceful Beach Estates.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Peaceful Beach Estates:
- Websites specific to Virginia
- Pages specific to Northampton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Accomack County
- Gloucester County
- Lancaster County
- Mathews County
- Middlesex County
- Northumberland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Peaceful Beach Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Peaceful Beach Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |