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 Farnhams (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 Farnhams. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.
Farnhams is located in Hartford County .
To see how the shape of Connecticut's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hartford County : Litchfield , Middlesex , New Haven , New London , Tolland & Hampden (MA) .
Below are the counties that are near Farnhams. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Farnhams:
Hartford County (The home county of Farnhams)
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
South Windsor (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Windsorville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Windsorville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsorville South Windsor (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
South Windsor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 26,102 people
Wapping (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Wapping is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping East Windsor Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Broad Brook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
East Windsor (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
East Windsor is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor Population from the 2020 Census: 11,654 people
Mill Pond Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Mill Pond Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Pond Village Hayden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Hayden is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Spring Village (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Spring Village is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Village Windsor (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Lydallville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Lydallville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lydallville Burnham (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Burnham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham Litchfield County
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Barkhamsted (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Hampsted (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Hampsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted Pine Meadow (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Puddle Town (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Puddle Town is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puddle Town Barkhamsted (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
Browns Corner (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Browns Corner is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Corner New Hartford (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Nepaug (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Nepaug is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepaug New Hartford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
New Hartford is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hartford Population from the 2020 Census: 6,639 people
Pleasant Valley (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Torrington (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Torrington is located in Litchfield County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrington Population from the 2020 Census: 33,870 people
Riverton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Pequabuck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Middlesex County
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Cromwell (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Cromwell is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell Population from the 2020 Census: 13,772 people
Gildersleeve (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Gildersleeve is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gildersleeve Lake Pocotopaug (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Lake Pocotopaug is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Pocotopaug Portland (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Portland is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland Population from the 2020 Census: 9,213 people
Cromwell (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cobalt (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
East Hampton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
East Hampton is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton Population from the 2020 Census: 12,747 people
East Hampton (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Portland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Middle Haddam (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Middletown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Middletown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Middletown is located in Middlesex County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 46,013 people
Higganum (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
New Haven County
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Meriden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden Population from the 2020 Census: 58,981 people
Meriden (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
South Meriden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
South Meriden is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meriden Autumn HIll (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Autumn HIll is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Autumn HIll Wolcott (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Wolcott is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcott Population from the 2020 Census: 16,565 people
Wolcott (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Yalesville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Cheshire (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Population from the 2020 Census: 28,806 people
Cheshire (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Wallingford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Wallingford is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford Population from the 2020 Census: 44,076 people
West Cheshire (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
West Cheshire is located in New Haven County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cheshire New London County
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Liberty Hill (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Liberty Hill is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill North Westchester (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon Population from the 2020 Census: 7,112 people
Westchester (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
Westchester is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westchester Colchester (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Lebanon (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
North Franklin (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Williams Crossing is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing Franklin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Franklin is located in New London County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 1,914 people
Franklin (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Gilman (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Baltic (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Bozrah (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Tolland County
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Windermere (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Rockville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Vernon is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Population from the 2020 Census: 29,400 people
Ellington (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Ellington (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Ellington is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
Quarryville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Quarryville is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville Tolland (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Somersville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Bolton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Bolton is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolton Population from the 2020 Census: 4,855 people
Bolton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
Crystal Lake (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Somers (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Somers is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
Windham County
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Ashford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 4,246 people
West Ashford (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
West Ashford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Ashford Warrenville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Warrenville is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenville Westford (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Westford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford Willimantic (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Ashford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Chaplin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Chaplin is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaplin Population from the 2020 Census: 2,232 people
Chaplin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
North Windham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Windham (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Windham is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Population from the 2020 Census: 24,463 people
Eastford (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Eastford is located in Windham County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastford Population from the 2020 Census: 1,800 people
South Windham (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Windham (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Hampden County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Baptist Village (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Baptist Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Village Longmeadow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 15,624 people
Agawam (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Agawam is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agawam Population from the 2020 Census: 28,467 people
East Longmeadow (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
East Longmeadow is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Longmeadow Population from the 2020 Census: 16,093 people
Hampden (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hampden is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden Population from the 2020 Census: 5,154 people
Feeding Hills (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Feeding Hills is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feeding Hills State Line (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
State Line is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Hosmer Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Hosmer Corner is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosmer Corner Merrick (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Merrick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrick Springfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 152,646 people
West Springfield (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
West Springfield is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springfield Population from the 2020 Census: 28,397 people
Southwick (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Southwick is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwick Population from the 2020 Census: 9,715 people
South Factory Village (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
South Factory Village is located in Hampden County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Factory Village Hampshire County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Southampton (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Southampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
Bondsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
Bondsville is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville Granby (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Granby is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
South Hadley (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
South Hadley is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
Easthampton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Easthampton is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
Belchertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Belchertown is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
Mount Tom (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mount Tom is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tom Huntington (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Huntington is located in Hampshire County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington Population from the 2020 Census: 2,159 people
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Fiskdale (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Fiskdale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskdale Old Sturbridge Village (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Old Sturbridge Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Sturbridge Village Sturbridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Sturbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 9,561 people
West Warren (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
West Warren is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren Globe Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Globe Village is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Southbridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Southbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 16,788 people
Warren (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Warren is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 5,203 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Farnhams, see our County-by-County Page for Farnhams .
Cemeteries Near Farnhams ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farnhams.
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 Farnhams - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Farnhams covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
Rye Street Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the west)
East Windsor Hill Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Edwards Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Wapping Community Church Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
New Wapping Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Scantic Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
St. Catherines Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Center Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
St. Catherines Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Town Street Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Northwest Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
St. Johns Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Continue List (508 more) ...
St. Bridgets Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Mt. Hope Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Southwest Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Farnhams in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Farnhams.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Farnhams, with the one closest to Farnhams listed first.
South Windsor (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Wapping (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
Wapping is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapping Windsorville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Windsorville is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsorville East Windsor Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Broad Brook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Buckland (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Buckland is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland Vernon Center (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Vernon Center is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Center Windermere (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Windermere is located in Tolland County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere Hayden (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Hayden is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Windsor (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Burnham (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Burnham is located in Hartford County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham Vernon (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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Rockville (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
Ellington (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Melrose (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Farnhams. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farnhams .
Newspapers Published in Farnhams ...
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 312 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farnhams.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farnhams, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Farnhams.
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 helpful 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 Farnhams:
Websites specific to Connecticut Pages specific to Hartford County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Litchfield County Middlesex County New Haven County New London County Tolland County Windham County Hampden County Hampshire County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Connecticut Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Farnhams. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Connecticut: https://portal.ct.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 . 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 Farnhams, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Farnhams) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.