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 Port Stanley (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 Port Stanley. 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 Port Stanley ...
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 Port Stanley: Prt. Stanley
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Port Stanley. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Port Stanley.
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 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.
Port Stanley is located in San Juan County.
To see how the shape of Washington's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Juan County: Island, Skagit & Whatcom.
Below are the counties that are near Port Stanley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Port Stanley:
- San Juan County (The home county of Port Stanley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Stanley, with the one closest to Port Stanley listed first.
- Lopez Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
- Lopez
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lopez is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
- Decatur Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shaw Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
- Olga
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orcas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Argyle is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Friday Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Deer Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- False Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eastsound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Waldron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Clallam County
- Old Town
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Old Town is located in Clallam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Island County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Stanley, with the one closest to Port Stanley listed first.
- Oak Harbor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- San de Fuca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- San de Fuca is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San de Fuca
- Coupeville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Camano
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
- Jefferson County
- Port Townsend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Skagit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Stanley, with the one closest to Port Stanley listed first.
- Urban
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Urban is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
- Indian Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Alexander Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander Beach is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Beach
- Anacortes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Similk Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Similk Beach is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Similk Beach
- Snee Oosh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Snee Oosh is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snee Oosh
- Bay View
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bay View is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Swinomish Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Swinomish Village is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinomish Village
- Edison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edison is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Shelter Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Shelter Bay is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Bay
- La Conner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Snohomish County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Stanley, with the one closest to Port Stanley listed first.
- Utsalady
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Utsalady is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utsalady
- Lake Ketchum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ketchum is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ketchum
- Stanwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whatcom County
- The following are listed by their distance from Port Stanley, with the one closest to Port Stanley listed first.
- Lummi Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckanut Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chuckanut Village is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Village
- Lummi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lummi is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
- Marietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Bellingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kickerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickerville
- Ferndale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Silver Beach
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Birch Bay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sudden Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudden Valley
- Custer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Port Stanley, see our County-by-County Page for Port Stanley.
Cemeteries Near Port Stanley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Stanley.
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 Port Stanley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Port Stanley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Port Stanley, with the one closest to Port Stanley listed first.
- Lopez Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Olga - Doe Bay Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Eden Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Grandview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fern Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bay View Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Maple Leaf Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lummi Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (30 more) ...
- Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Harling Point Chinese Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quadra Street Cemetery
(23 miles [37 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 Port Stanley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Port Stanley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Port Stanley, with the one closest to Port Stanley listed first.
- Lopez Island
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
- Decatur Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olga
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Orcas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Argyle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Argyle is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Richardson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Richardson is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Friday Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Doe Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Doe Bay is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Bay
- Eastsound
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Guemes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Guemes is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guemes
- Anacortes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waldron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Roche Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Gibraltar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibraltar is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibraltar
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Port Stanley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Port Stanley.
Newspapers Published in Port Stanley ...
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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Port Stanley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Port Stanley, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Port Stanley.
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 Port Stanley:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to San Juan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clallam County
- Island County
- Jefferson County
- Skagit County
- Snohomish County
- Whatcom County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
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 Port Stanley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Port Stanley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |