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 Southern Points (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 Southern Points. 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 Southern Points ...
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 Southern Points: Southern Pts.
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.
Newspapers Published in Southern Points ...
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 Southern Points.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Southern Points, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Southern Points.
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 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 Southern Points:
- 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 Southern Points ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Southern Points.
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 Southern Points covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Southern Points, with the one closest to Southern Points listed first.
- Princess Ann Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Princess Ann Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Princess Ann Memorial Park
- Eastern Shore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eastern Shore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eastern Shore Cemetery
- Lynnhaven Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lynnhaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lynnhaven Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
- Rosewood Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rosewood Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rosewood Memorial Park
- Colonial Grove Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Colonial Grove Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #271822 <3>
- Whitehart Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Whitehart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitehart Cemetery
- Lane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lane Cemetery
- Nimmo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nimmo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nimmo Cemetery
- Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens
- Bethel Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
- Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church is located in Norfolk.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #* 2485238 <3>
- Continue List (90 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Calvary Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Norfolk.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #49657 <3>
- Hebrew Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant 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>
While we didn't find Southern Points in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Southern Points.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Southern Points, with the one closest to Southern Points listed first.
- Lynnhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - London Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for London Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Bridge
- London Bridge is located in Virginia Beach City
- Thalia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Mapleton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Virginia Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Beach
- Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 451,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Virginia Beach <5>
- Kempsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kempsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kempsville
- Kempsville is located in Virginia Beach City
- Nimmo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Pungo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pungo
- Pungo is located in Virginia Beach City
- Elizabeth Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabeth Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Park
- Elizabeth Park is located in Norfolk City
- Brambleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brambleton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brambleton
- Brambleton is located in Norfolk City
- Ocean View
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocean View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean View
- Ocean View is located in Norfolk City
- Norfolk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Norfolk is located in Norfolk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 242,803 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norfolk <5>
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Berkley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Lamberts Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamberts Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamberts Point
- Lamberts Point is located in Norfolk City
- Creeds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Berkley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Southern Points. See our List of 1890's Communities around Southern Points.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Southern Points. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Southern Points) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Southern Points. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8621, Longitude: -76.0552 In this case, the coordinates for Southern Points have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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. |
| <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 Southern Points, 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. |