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 Camp Norse (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 Camp Norse. 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 Camp Norse ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Camp Norse: Cp. Norse
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Camp Norse is located in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County: Barnstable, Bristol & Norfolk.
Below are the counties that are near Camp Norse. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Camp Norse:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Camp Norse)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Norse, with the one closest to Camp Norse listed first.
- South Meadow Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Meadow Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meadow Village
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,024 people
- Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,762 people
- North Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carver
- Water View Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Water View Village is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water View Village
- Plympton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plympton is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plympton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,998 people
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- North Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- Chiltonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chiltonville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltonville
- Island Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Halifax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,865 people
- South Carver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carver
- Barnstable County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Norse, with the one closest to Camp Norse listed first.
- Buzzards Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Sagamore Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Bourne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bourne is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,743 people
- Monument Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Sagamore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sagamore is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore
- Sandwich
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,151 people
- Pocasset
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- Cataumet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cataumet is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataumet
- East Sandwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- Plowed Neck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plowed Neck is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowed Neck
- North Falmouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
- Forestdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Norse, with the one closest to Camp Norse listed first.
- East Freetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Long Plain
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Long Plain is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
- East Taunton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- Raynham Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Raynham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Raynham is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
- Braleys
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Braleys is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braleys
- Clifford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clifford is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Weir Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Weir Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir Village
- South Easton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- Freetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
- Berkley
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Berkley is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,900 people
- Taunton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Norse, with the one closest to Camp Norse listed first.
- Brookville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Beechwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- South Weymouth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- Avon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,557 people
- Holbrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- Cohasset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohasset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,529 people
- East Weymouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Estimated population in 2019: 34,362 people
- North Cohasset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- North Stoughton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stoughton
- Stoughton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stoughton is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,891 people
- Weymouth Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth Heights
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Norse, with the one closest to Camp Norse listed first.
- Mattapan Station
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station
- Neponset
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neponset is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
- Ashmont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmont is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
- Hyde Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
- Mattapan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapan is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan
- Readville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Readville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
- Stonybrook Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village
- Dorchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Roslindale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Roslindale is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roslindale
- Savin Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
- Bristol County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Camp Norse, with the one closest to Camp Norse listed first.
- Coggeshall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coggeshall is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall
- Warren
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren is located in Bristol County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
- Newport County (RI)
- Bliss Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bliss Corners is located in Newport County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Camp Norse, see our County-by-County Page for Camp Norse.
Cemeteries Near Camp Norse ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Camp Norse.
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 Camp Norse - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Camp Norse covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Camp Norse, with the one closest to Camp Norse listed first.
- Parting Ways Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Wenham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Plymouth County Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lakenham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Vine Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burial Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sarcophagus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Thomastown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (412 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Pond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chiltonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Camp Norse in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Camp Norse.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Camp Norse, with the one closest to Camp Norse listed first.
- East Carver
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- East Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carver
- North Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carver
- Carver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,762 people
- Kingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Kingston is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,024 people
- Plympton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Plympton is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plympton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,998 people
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- North Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- Chiltonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Chiltonville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltonville
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Island Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Eddyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Eddyville is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- South Carver
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carver
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Halifax
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halifax is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,865 people
- West Duxbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- West Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Duxbury
- Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rock is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Camp Norse. See our List of 1890's Communities around Camp Norse.
Newspapers Published in Camp Norse ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Camp Norse.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Camp Norse, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<1>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Camp Norse.
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 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 Camp Norse:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Bristol County
- Norfolk County
- Suffolk County
- Bristol County
- Newport County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Camp Norse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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> | 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 Camp Norse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |