Our Genealogy HelperIntroduction ...We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
By learning about Virginia Beach (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 Virginia Beach. 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 Virginia Beach ...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 Virginia Beach: Virginia Bch. You might be interested in other communities that are also named Virginia Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Virginia Beach. 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 Virginia Beach ...Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Virginia Beach. 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 Virginia Beach - one of the links might be able to help. If not found below, our Cemetery List for Virginia Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order. The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Virginia Beach, with the one closest to Virginia Beach listed first.
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.<2> The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Virginia Beach had a population of 48 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Virginia Beach had a population of 451,231 people. These communities are listed based on their distance from Virginia Beach, with the one closest to Virginia Beach listed first.
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Virginia Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Virginia Beach. Newspapers Published in Virginia Beach ...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 Virginia Beach. 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 either 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 Virginia Beach:
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