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 Richmond (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 Richmond. 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 Richmond ...
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 461 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richmond.
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 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 Richmond:
- 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 Richmond ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richmond.
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 Richmond covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
- Hebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hebrew Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #173295 <1>
- Shockoe Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Shockoe Hill Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- The Shockoe Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Schockoe Cemetery
- Shockoe Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shockoe Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #52134 <1>
- Hollywood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollywood Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollywood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50668 <1>
- Riverview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51878 <1>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51245 <1>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
- Woodland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641499 <1>
- Woodland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #50676 <1>
- Barton Heights Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Barton Heights Cemetery is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barton Heights Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319838 <1>
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Olivet Cemetery
- Maury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maury Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51085 <1>
- Continue List (241 more) ...
- Sir Moses Montefiore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sir Moses Montefiore Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sir Moses Montefiore Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #51206 <1>
- Workman's Circle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Workman's Circle Cemetery is located in Richmond.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Workman's Circle Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2244714 <1>
- Monteflore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monteflore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monteflore Cemetery
- Sir Moses Montefiore 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 Richmond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richmond.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richmond, with the one closest to Richmond listed first.
- Brook Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brook Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Hill
- Brook Hill is located in Henrico County
- Highland Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Springs
- Highland Springs is located in Henrico County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland Springs <4>
- Ellerson
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Dumbarton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumbarton
- Dumbarton is located in Henrico County
- Fort Lee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Fair Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Westham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Bon Air
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Air
- Bon Air is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bon Air <4>
- Seven Pines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Pines
- Seven Pines is located in Henrico County
- Atlee Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlee Station
- Atlee Station is located in Hanover County
- Drewrys Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drewrys Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Varina Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varina Grove
- Varina Grove is located in Henrico County
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Laurel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Laurel is located in Henrico County
- Pole Green
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pole Green have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pole Green
- Pole Green is located in Hanover County
- Glen Allen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Allen
- Glen Allen is located in Henrico County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Allen <4>
- Laurel
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richmond. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richmond.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Richmond: www.richmondgov.com/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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> | 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. |
| <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 Richmond, 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. |