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 Liberty Plain (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 Liberty Plain. 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 Liberty Plain ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Liberty Plain: Liberty Pln.
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 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.
Liberty Plain 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 Liberty Plain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Liberty Plain:
- Plymouth County (The home county of Liberty Plain)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- Accord
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Accord is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Accord
- Hingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
- West Hingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham
- Rockland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
- Norwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Norwell is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,171 people
- North Scituate
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Scituate is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,624 people
- North Abington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington
- Greenbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greenbush is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Kenberma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kenberma is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenberma
- Curtis Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Curtis Crossing is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Crossing
- Abington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,752 people
- Bristol County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- North Easton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- South Easton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Easton
- Easton Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Easton Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton Center
- Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Easton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,116 people
- Furnace Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- East Mansfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- East Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Mansfield
- Raynham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Raynham is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,560 people
- Mansfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mansfield is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,539 people
- Raynham Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raynham Center is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham Center
- Norton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,983 people
- East Taunton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Taunton
- Taunton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taunton is located in Bristol County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taunton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- Nahant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Nahant is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nahant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,506 people
- Cliftondale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cliftondale is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliftondale
- East Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lynn
- Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 94,539 people
- Pleasant Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hills is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hills
- Swampscott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Swampscott is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swampscott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,462 people
- West Lynn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Lynn is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lynn
- Clifton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Saugus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Saugus is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saugus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,542 people
- Marblehead
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Marblehead is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marblehead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,551 people
- West Town Landing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Town Landing is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Town Landing
- Salem
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Salem is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,581 people
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- Cambridgeport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridgeport is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Cambridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cambridge is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 119,192 people
- Chestnut Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Hill is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill
- Everett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Everett is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 46,107 people
- Somerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Somerville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,935 people
- Edgeworth
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Edgeworth is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgeworth
- Huron Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Huron Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Village
- Malden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Malden is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 59,922 people
- Newton Centre
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Centre is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Centre
- Newton Highlands
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Highlands is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Highlands
- Wellington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wellington is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellington
- Eliot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eliot is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eliot
- Norfolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- East Weymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- Beechwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Weymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- South Weymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- Weymouth Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth Heights
- North Cohasset
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- North Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohasset
- Cohasset
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cohasset is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohasset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,529 people
- North Weymouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weymouth
- Quincy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quincy Point is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy Point
- Braintree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Braintree is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 37,074 people
- Holbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Holbrook is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,014 people
- Brookville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brookville is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- Neponset
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Neponset is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neponset
- Ashmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashmont is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashmont
- Point Shirley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Point Shirley is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Shirley
- Dorchester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dorchester is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorchester
- Mattapan Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapan Station is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan Station
- Mattapan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mattapan is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapan
- Savin Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Savin Hill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savin Hill
- Roxbury
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roxbury is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- South Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boston
- Hyde Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hyde Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyde Park
- Readville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Readville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readville
- Stonybrook Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stonybrook Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonybrook Village
- Providence County (RI)
- The following are listed by their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- Burnt Swamp Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner
- Arnold Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arnold Mills is located in Providence County (RI)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Liberty Plain, see our County-by-County Page for Liberty Plain.
Cemeteries Near Liberty Plain ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Liberty Plain.
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 Liberty Plain - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Liberty Plain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- High Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stockbridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fairmount Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairmount Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Weymouth.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #90967 <2>
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Beal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bowker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (484 more) ...
- Hingham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Francis Xavier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Reed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
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 Liberty Plain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Liberty Plain.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Liberty Plain, with the one closest to Liberty Plain listed first.
- South Hingham
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hingham
- East Weymouth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Weymouth
- South Weymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Weymouth
- Hatherly
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hatherly is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatherly
- West Hingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hingham
- North Hanover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hanover
- Beechwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beechwood is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechwood
- Hingham Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hingham Center is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham Center
- Weymouth
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58,104 people
- Hingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hingham is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,720 people
- Rockland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,992 people
- West Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hanover
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Weymouth Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Weymouth Heights is located in Norfolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weymouth Heights
- North Abington
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Abington is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Abington
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanover is located in Plymouth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,624 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Liberty Plain. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty Plain.
Newspapers Published in Liberty Plain ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty Plain.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Liberty Plain, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Liberty Plain.
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 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 Liberty Plain:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Plymouth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bristol County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Norfolk County
- Suffolk County
- Providence County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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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| <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> | 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- Liberty Plain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Liberty Plain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |