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 Ferncroft (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 Ferncroft. 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.
Ferncroft is located in Essex 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 Essex County: Middlesex, Suffolk & Rockingham (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Ferncroft. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ferncroft:
- Essex County (The home county of Ferncroft)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Hathorne
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hathorne is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hathorne
- Danvers
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Danvers is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,571 people
- Howe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howe is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- West Peabody
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody
- Brigadoon Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brigadoon Village is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brigadoon Village
- Wenham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wenham is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,164 people
- Peabody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
- Middleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 people
- Beverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,242 people
- Topsfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Topsfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,660 people
- Asbury Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Asbury Grove is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury Grove
- South Hamilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Hamilton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Montrose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montrose is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- North Reading
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
- Wakefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wakefield is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,051 people
- West Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Melrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Melrose is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,790 people
- Lindenwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lindenwood is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindenwood
- Mishawum ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mishawum is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishawum
- Stoneham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneham is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,961 people
- Walnut Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Walnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Wyoming
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming
- Montvale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Montvale is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montvale
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Brookline Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brookline Village is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Village
- Brookline
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brookline is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,022 people
- Montclair
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Montclair is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montclair
- Norfolk Downs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Norfolk Downs is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Downs
- Wollaston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wollaston is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wollaston
- Westbrook Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westbrook Village is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
- East Milton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Milton is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Milton
- Milton Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Milton Village is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Village
- North Cohasset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- Quincy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Quincy is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,421 people
- West Quincy
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Quincy is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Quincy
- Milton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,537 people
- Plymouth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Bayside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bayside is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayside
- Hull
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hull is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,484 people
- Kenberma
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Kenberma is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma
- Hingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
- West Hingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham
- Minot
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Minot is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minot
- North Scituate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate
- Accord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Accord is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
- Scituate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scituate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,047 people
- Greenbush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Norwell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Norwell is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Franklin Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Revere
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Revere is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
- Chelsea
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chelsea is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
- Charlestown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Charlestown is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- East Boston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- East Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston
- Winthrop
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Winthrop is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
- Boston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 691,531 people
- Point Shirley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley
- Bay Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bay Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Village
- South Boston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- South Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Allston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Allston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allston
- Brighton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Worcester County
- Shaker Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shaker Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Pelham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
- Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <1>
- Nashua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <1>
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Salem
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Salem is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,641 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
- Westville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Wilson Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners
- Plaistow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Newton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,934 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <1>
- South Hampton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Seabrook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Seabrook is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Seabrook
- Atkinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fogg Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
- Seabrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hampstead
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ferncroft, see our County-by-County Page for Ferncroft.
Cemeteries Near Ferncroft ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ferncroft.
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 Ferncroft - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ferncroft covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Wadsworth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Putnam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sons of Jacob Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Goodale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Emmanuel Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Swinnerton Burial Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinnerton Burial Ground
- The Swinnerton Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Garden Street Cemetery
- Holten Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Mary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- High Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Flint Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Burying Ground
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Flint Burying Ground is located in West Peabody.
- The Flint Burying Ground has also been known as:
- Flint Burial Ground
- Flint Cemetery
- Old Flint Burial Ground
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #PEA.801 <2>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370508 <3>
- Continue List (478 more) ...
- Popes / Goodale Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes / Goodale Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Popes / Goodale Cemetery is located in West Peabody.
- The Popes / Goodale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
- Pope Burial Ground
- Pope Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2370391 <3>
- Needham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needham Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Needham Cemetery is located in West Peabody.
- The Needham Cemetery has also been known as:
- Needham Burial Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201904 <3>
- Ross Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 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.<4>
While we didn't find Ferncroft in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ferncroft.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ferncroft, with the one closest to Ferncroft listed first.
- Danvers Center
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Danvers Center is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers Center
- Beaver Brook ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beaver Brook is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Brook
- Tapleyville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Tapleyville is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapleyville
- Danvers
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Danvers is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,571 people
- Putnamville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Putnamville is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- West Peabody
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peabody
- Danversport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Danversport is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danversport
- Howe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Howe is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Proctor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Proctor is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Peabody
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peabody is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabody
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,063 people
- North Beverly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Beverly is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Beverly
- Wenham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wenham is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,164 people
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Middleton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Middleton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,107 people
- Beverly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,242 people
- Montserrat
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Montserrat is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montserrat
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ferncroft. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ferncroft.
Newspapers Published in Ferncroft ...
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 166 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ferncroft.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ferncroft, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ferncroft.
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 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 Ferncroft:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Essex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Plymouth County
- Suffolk County
- Worcester County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
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 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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| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Ferncroft, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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 from Point A (ie- Ferncroft) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |