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 Fishermans Landing (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 Fishermans Landing. 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 Fishermans Landing ...
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 have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for Fishermans Landing: Fishermans Lndg. (or less commonly used: Fishermans Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Fishermans Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fishermans Landing may originally have been Fisherman's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fishermans Landing might be written as Fisherman Landing.
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 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.
Fishermans Landing is located in Plymouth County.
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties 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 Fishermans Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fishermans Landing:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Fishermans Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Landing, with the one closest to Fishermans Landing listed first.
- White Horse Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Horse Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Beach
- White Horse Beach is located in Plymouth County
- Manomet
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- North Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- White Island Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Island Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Island Shores
- White Island Shores is located in Plymouth County
- Kingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,024 people
- South Duxbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Duxbury
- South Duxbury is located in Plymouth County
- Cranberry Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Village
- Cranberry Village is located in Plymouth County
- South Meadow Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Meadow Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Meadow Village
- South Meadow Village is located in Plymouth County
- Duxbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Island Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
- Pine Tree Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Tree Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tree Village
- Pine Tree Village is located in Plymouth County
- Carver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Barnstable County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Landing, with the one closest to Fishermans Landing listed first.
- Sagamore Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sagamore Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagamore Beach
- Sagamore Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Sagamore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Sandwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Bourne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Buzzards Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buzzards Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- East Sandwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sandwich
- East Sandwich is located in Barnstable County
- Plowed Neck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plowed Neck
- Plowed Neck is located in Barnstable County
- Monument Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monument Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach
- Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
- Forestdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
- Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
- Pocasset
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
- Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
- Cataumet
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - West Barnstable
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barnstable
- West Barnstable is located in Barnstable County
- Barnstable Town
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnstable Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnstable Town
- Barnstable Town is located in Barnstable County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44,535 people
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Landing, with the one closest to Fishermans Landing listed first.
- Long Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
- Long Plain is located in Bristol County
- Clifford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - East Freetown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Freetown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- East Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Acushnet Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Center
- Acushnet Center is located in Bristol County
- Acushnet
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Braleys
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braleys
- Braleys is located in Bristol County
- East Taunton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Fairhaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Freetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown
- Freetown is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,432 people
- Raynham Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raynham Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- New Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- New Bedford is located in Bristol County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,517 people
- Assonet ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Berkley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dukes County
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fishermans Landing, with the one closest to Fishermans Landing listed first.
- Beechwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Cohasset
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - South Weymouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- East Weymouth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Weymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Avon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Holbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- Weymouth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- Randolph
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fishermans Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Fishermans Landing.
Newspapers Published in Fishermans Landing ...
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 Fishermans Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fishermans Landing, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fishermans Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Fishermans Landing:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Massachusetts Archives Division
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Barnstable County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Bristol County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Dukes County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Norfolk County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Barnstable County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Plymouth County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Massachusetts
- Cemeteries of Plymouth County
Cemeteries Near Fishermans Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fishermans Landing.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fishermans Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fishermans Landing, with the one closest to Fishermans Landing listed first.
- White Horse Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Horse Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Horse Cemetery
- Manomet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manomet Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #276638 <4>
- Russell Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Russell Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Russell Mills Cemetery
- Savery Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Savery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Savery Cemetery
- Chiltonville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chiltonville Cemetery
- South Pond Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Pond Cemetery
- Sarcophagus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sarcophagus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sarcophagus Cemetery
- Cedarville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedarville Cemetery
- Burial Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burial Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burial Hill Cemetery
- Vine Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vine Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vine Hill Cemetery
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Indian Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Indian Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Indian Cemetery
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Sagamore Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sagamore Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1200274 <4>
- Saddle & Pilgrim Graves
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saddle & Pilgrim Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saddle & Pilgrim Graves
- Parting Ways Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Parting Ways Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Plymouth.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parting Ways Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91418 <4>
- Sagamore Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find Fishermans Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fishermans Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fishermans Landing, with the one closest to Fishermans Landing listed first.
- Manomet
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Chiltonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chiltonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiltonville
- Chiltonville is located in Plymouth County
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,654 people
- North Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Plymouth
- North Plymouth is located in Plymouth County
- Bournedale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bournedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bournedale
- Bournedale is located in Barnstable County
- Sagamore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Sandwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Kingston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Kingston is located in Plymouth County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,024 people
- East Carver
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Carver have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carver
- East Carver is located in Plymouth County
- South Carver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carver
- South Carver is located in Plymouth County
- Buzzards Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buzzards Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buzzards Bay
- Buzzards Bay is located in Barnstable County
- Bourne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Continue List (15 more) ...
- Duxbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Island Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Creek
- Island Creek is located in Plymouth County
- Carver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Duxbury
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fishermans Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fishermans Landing.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fishermans Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/
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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fishermans Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fishermans Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9062, Longitude: -70.5467 In this case, the coordinates for Fishermans Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Fishermans Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |