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 South Quay (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 South Quay. 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 South Quay ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for South Quay: S. Quay
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 South Quay ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Quay.
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 South Quay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Quay, with the one closest to South Quay listed first.
- Southampton Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southampton Memorial Park
- Franklin Municipal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Municipal Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Municipal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Spring Cemetery
- The Poplar Spring Cemetery has also been known as:
- Poplar Springs Cemetery
- Poplar Spring Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Poplar Spring Cemetery
- Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery
- The Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Beaver Dam Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2152574 <2>
- White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the White Oak Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Brett Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brett Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brett Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Gillette Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillette Family Cemetery
- Holland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holland Cemetery
- Blackjack Oak Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blackjack Oak Cemetery
- The Blackjack Oak Cemetery has also been known as:
- Black Jack Oak Cemetery
- Wester - Davis Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wester - Davis Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Wester - Davis Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Continue List (120 more) ...
- Raiford Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Raiford Cemetery
- McClenny Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McClenny Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McClenny Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Barham Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barham Cemetery
- Raiford 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 South Quay had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Quay, with the one closest to South Quay listed first.
- Cleopus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Franklin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- Lees Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north) - Elwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Dort
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Isaac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Delaware
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Riddicksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riddicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddicksville
- Riddicksville is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Holland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Holland is located in Suffolk City
- Carrsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrsville
- Carrsville is located in Isle of Wight County
- Handsom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Handsom
- Handsom is located in Southampton County
- Reynoldson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Reynoldson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldson
- Reynoldson is located in Gates County (NC)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Somerton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Como
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Como have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
- Como is located in Hertford County (NC)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Como <5>
- Sarem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Somerton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Quay. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Quay.
Newspapers Published in South Quay ...
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 South Quay.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Quay, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Quay.
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 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 South Quay:
- 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 South Quay. 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <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 South Quay, 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. |
| <6> | 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 from Point A (ie- South Quay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Quay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6224, Longitude: -76.8886 In this case, the coordinates for South Quay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |