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 Forder (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 Forder. 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.

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 and doctors 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.

Forder is located in Lincoln County.

To see how the shape of Colorado's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Elbert, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Pueblo & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Forder. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Forder:

• Lincoln County     (The home county of Forder)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Forder, with the one closest to Forder listed first.
  • Karval
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karval
    • Karval is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Karval <1>
  • Boyero
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyero
    • Boyero is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyero <1>
• El Paso County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Forder, with the one closest to Forder listed first.
  • Rush
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
    • Rush is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush <1>
  • Truckton ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckton
    • Truckton is located in El Paso County
    • Former names for Truckton:
    • Dunkin City
    • Truck Town
  • Yoder
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yoder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder
    • Yoder is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yoder <1>
• Kiowa County
  • Arlington
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
    • Arlington is located in Kiowa County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Forder, see our County-by-County Page for Forder.

Newspapers Published in Forder ...

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 1 newspapers that have been published in the area around Forder.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Forder, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Forder.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Forder:

• Websites specific to Colorado
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.colorado.gov/archives/

• Pages specific to Lincoln County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • El Paso County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Kiowa County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Colorado
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cemeteries of Lincoln County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Colorado
  • Cemeteries of Lincoln County

Cemeteries Near Forder ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Forder.

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 Forder covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Forder, with the one closest to Forder listed first.

• Grandma Forgey Grave
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandma Forgey Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandma Forgey Grave
• Spring Hill Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Hill Cemetery
• Dudley Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dudley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dudley Cemetery
• Kirkland Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kirkland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkland Cemetery
• Liberty Bell Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Bell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Bell Cemetery
• Samuel Messersmith Grave
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Samuel Messersmith Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Samuel Messersmith Grave
• Bucklen Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bucklen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bucklen Cemetery
• Rube Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rube Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rube Cemetery
• Sand Arroyo Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Arroyo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Arroyo Cemetery
• St. Lukes Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • The St. Lukes Cemetery has also been known as:
  • St. Lukes Lutheran Cemetery
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
  • St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Lukes Cemetery
• Lone Memorial
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Memorial have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Memorial
• Kanza Cemetery
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kanza Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kanza Cemetery
• Continue List   (11 more) ...
  • Crescent Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crescent Cemetery
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Catholic 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 Forder in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Forder.

• Boyero
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyero
  • Boyero is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyero <1>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Forder. See our List of 1890's Communities around Forder.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Forder. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/