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 Brooks Village (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 Brooks Village. 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 Brooks Village ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Brooks Village: Brooks Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Brooks Village, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Brooks Village may originally have been Brook's Village.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Brooks Village might be written as Brook Village.
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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Brooks Village is located in Worcester County.
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Worcester County: Tolland (CT), Windham (CT), Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Cheshire (NH), Hillsborough (NH) & Providence (RI).
Below are the counties that are near Brooks Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brooks Village:
- Worcester County (The home county of Brooks Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- Goulding Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Goulding Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding Village
- Phillipston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Phillipston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,739 people
- Templeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Templeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,134 people
- East Templeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Baldwinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Gardner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- Olde English Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Olde English Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde English Village
- South Gardner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardner
- Petersham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petersham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,237 people
- Athol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Athol is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
- Hubbardston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbardston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,811 people
- Hubbardston Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbardston Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston Station
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- Tully
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tully is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- North Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Orange
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Millington ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Morse Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- New Salem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- Mayo Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Wendell Depot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Warwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Wendell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wendell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
- Cooleyville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Erving
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Erving is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erving
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,749 people
- Hampden County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- West Brimfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brimfield
- Thorndike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Thorndike is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndike
- Three Rivers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Brimfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
- Palmer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Palmer is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
- Tenneyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tenneyville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenneyville
- Ludlow City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow City is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow City
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- Pelham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Enfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Ware
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ware is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
- West Pelham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelham
- East Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Village is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Amherst Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst Center is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Center
- Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
- Belchertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Belchertown is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
- North Amherst
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amherst
- South Amherst
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Bondsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bondsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville
- North Hadley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Hadley is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hadley
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- Ashby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- South Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Old City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- West Townsend
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Townsend
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,448 people
- Shaker Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shirley
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Townsend Harbor
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- West Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Devens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Devens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devens
- Ayer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ayer is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,211 people
- Paper Mill Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- Rindge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- West Rindge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Fitzwilliam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Richmond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jaffrey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Troy
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Troy is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Swanzey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Ashuelot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Dublin
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- New Ipswich
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mason
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,433 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <2>
- Temple
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Temple is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,434 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Temple <2>
- Peterborough
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Peterborough
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- North Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- West Wilton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- Brookline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Lyndeborough
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Lyndeborough is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lyndeborough
- Wilton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,838 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilton <2>
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- South Vernon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
- Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
- Guilford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Brattleboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview Village is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Village
- Guilford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,102 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brooks Village, see our County-by-County Page for Brooks Village.
Cemeteries Near Brooks Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brooks Village.
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 Brooks Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brooks Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Phillipston Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lower Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Baptist Common Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Norcross Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notre Dame Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Notre Dame Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Gardner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91342 <5>
- St. John's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Gardner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91579 <5>
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wildwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Gardner.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91864 <5>
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (402 more) ...
- New Boston Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- New Sherborn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ledgeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<6>
While we didn't find Brooks Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Brooks Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brooks Village, with the one closest to Brooks Village listed first.
- Phillipston
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Phillipston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,739 people
- Templeton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Templeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,134 people
- East Templeton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- East Templeton is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Templeton
- Otter River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Otter River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter River
- Baldwinville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- South Royalston
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Royalston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Royalston
- Gardner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- Petersham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Petersham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,237 people
- Williamsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Williamsville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsville
- South Gardner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardner
- Athol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Athol is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
- Hubbardston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbardston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,811 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- South Athol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Athol is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Athol
- Hubbardston Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbardston Station is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbardston Station
- Royalston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Royalston is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,278 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brooks Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brooks Village.
Newspapers Published in Brooks Village ...
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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooks Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brooks Village, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brooks Village.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Brooks Village:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hampden County
- Hampshire County
- Middlesex County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Windham County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Brooks Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Brooks Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |