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 Lane 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 Lane 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 Lane 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lane Village: Lane Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lane Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lane 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 hospitals 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.
Lane 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 Lane Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lane Village:
- Worcester County (The home county of Lane Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Village, with the one closest to Lane Village listed first.
- Ashburnham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- South Ashburnham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Blackburn Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn Village
- Pequoig
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pequoig is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pequoig
- Winchendon Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- Winchendon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Gardner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- Waterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- South Gardner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardner
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westminster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,091 people
- Baldwinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Olde English Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olde English Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olde English Village
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Village, with the one closest to Lane Village listed first.
- Tully
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tully is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully
- North Orange
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- North Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orange
- Mayo Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Orange
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Warwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Morse Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Wendell Depot
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Millington ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- New Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- Erving
(23 miles [37 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
- Wendell
(24 miles [38.6 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
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Hampshire County
- Pelham
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Village, with the one closest to Lane Village listed first.
- South Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Ashby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Old City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- West Townsend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Townsend is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Townsend
- Townsend
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Townsend Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Townsend Harbor is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend Harbor
- West Groton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Shirley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- Paper Mill Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Pepperell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pepperell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepperell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,043 people
- Shaker Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Ayer
(18 miles [29 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
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Village, with the one closest to Lane Village listed first.
- Rindge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rindge
- Jaffrey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Fitzwilliam
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Bonds Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bonds Corner is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonds Corner
- Troy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 <1>
- Dublin
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Richmond
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Eastview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eastview is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastview
- East Swanzey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Swanzey is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Swanzey
- Harrisville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Village, with the one closest to Lane Village listed first.
- New Ipswich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sharon is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 370 people
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 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 <1>
- Temple
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- 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 <1>
- West Wilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Wilton is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wilton
- Brookline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peterborough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Peterborough
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Peterborough is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Peterborough
- North Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Village is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Village
- Wilton
(16 miles [25.7 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 <1>
- South Lyndeborough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Lyndeborough is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lyndeborough
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lane Village, with the one closest to Lane Village listed first.
- South Vernon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vernon
- Vernon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,190 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lane Village, see our County-by-County Page for Lane Village.
Cemeteries Near Lane Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lane 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 Lane Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lane Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lane Village, with the one closest to Lane Village listed first.
- The New Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Dennis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Wilder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Smithville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- Continue List (376 more) ...
- St. Johns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
- St. John's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 <2>
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 Lane Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lane Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lane Village, with the one closest to Lane Village listed first.
- Ashburnham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashburnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,350 people
- South Ashburnham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Ashburnham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashburnham
- Winchendon Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
- East Rindge
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Rindge is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rindge
- Winchendon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Winchendon is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,835 people
- Gardner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardner
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,585 people
- Ashby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Waterville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Waterville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterville
- Baldwinville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Baldwinville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwinville
- Otter River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Otter River is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter River
- South Gardner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Gardner is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gardner
- Westminster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Westminster is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,091 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Fitchburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Fitchburg is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fitchburg
- Rindge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Ipswich
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lane Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lane Village.
Newspapers Published in Lane 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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lane Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lane Village, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lane Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Lane Village:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hampshire County
- Middlesex County
- Cheshire County
- Hillsborough County
- Windham 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 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 Lane Village, 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- Lane Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |