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 New Braintree (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 New Braintree. 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.
A Few Details for New Braintree ...
While it's still very early in our research, we found that:
- New Braintree was settled in 1709.
- It was incorporated in 1775.
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.
New Braintree 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 New Braintree. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Braintree:
- Worcester County (The home county of New Braintree)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Wheelwright
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wheelwright is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- North Brookfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,789 people
- Barre Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barre Plains is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Plains
- South Barre
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Barre is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Oakham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,950 people
- Hardwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hardwick is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Gilbertville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- West Brookfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Barre
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barre is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,574 people
- Heald Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Heald Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heald Village
- Brookfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,439 people
- East Brookfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,196 people
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Smiths ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Smiths is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- Millington ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Millington is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millington
- Cooleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- New Salem
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Salem is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,034 people
- Shutesbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shutesbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shutesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
- Morse Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Morse Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse Village
- Locks Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Locks Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Village
- Orange
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orange is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,581 people
- Leverett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leverett is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,836 people
- Moores Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moores Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Corner
- Wendell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wendell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
- Wendell Depot
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
- Hampden County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- West Brimfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brimfield
- Brimfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brimfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,679 people
- Thorndike
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thorndike is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorndike
- Tenneyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tenneyville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenneyville
- Palmer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,174 people
- Three Rivers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Holland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Holland is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Wales
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wales is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,862 people
- Monson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Monson is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,750 people
- North Wilbraham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Wilbraham is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilbraham
- South Factory Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ludlow City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ludlow City is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow City
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Ware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ware is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
- Enfield ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Enfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Bondsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bondsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondsville
- Belchertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Belchertown is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belchertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,103 people
- Pelham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,305 people
- West Pelham
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Pelham is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pelham
- East Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Village is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- South Amherst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Amherst Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Amherst Center is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Center
- Amherst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
- Granby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Granby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
- North Amherst
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- North Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amherst
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Shaker Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Shirley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,554 people
- South Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Village
- Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hudson is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,732 people
- Marlborough Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marlborough Junction is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough Junction
- Marlborough
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Marlborough is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,290 people
- Woodville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Ashby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashby is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,204 people
- Old City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Devens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Devens is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devens
- Hartford County (CT)
- Sherwood Manor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sherwood Manor is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor
- Tolland County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Population from the 2020 Census: 844 people
- Union
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- State Line
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- State Line is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Staffordville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Stafford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Stafford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stafford is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,834 people
- Stafford Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Somers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Somers is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
- Somers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Somersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Windham County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Fabyan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Quinebaug
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Woodstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,834 people
- West Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Woodstock is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Woodstock
- North Grosvenor Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Thompson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson
- Grosvenor Dale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Windham County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,371 people
- South Woodstock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cheshire County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Fitzwilliam Depot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Fitzwilliam Depot is located in Cheshire County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitzwilliam Depot
- Rindge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Braintree, see our County-by-County Page for New Braintree.
Cemeteries Near New Braintree ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Braintree.
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 New Braintree - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Braintree covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Hale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- South Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cotter Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Southwest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Aloysius Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the South Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Oakham.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91721 <3>
- Oakham Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (461 more) ...
- Adams Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walnut Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that New Braintree had a population of 100 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, New Braintree had a population of 1,020 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Braintree, with the one closest to New Braintree listed first.
- Furnace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Furnace is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- North Brookfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,789 people
- Oakham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakham is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,950 people
- Barre Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barre Plains is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Plains
- Hardwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hardwick is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Gilbertville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gilbertville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- West Brookfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- Coldbrook Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coldbrook Springs is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldbrook Springs
- Smithville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Ware
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ware is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ware
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,897 people
- Warren
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,203 people
- Brookfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,439 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- East Brookfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,196 people
- West Rutland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Rutland is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rutland
- Barre
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Barre is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,574 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Braintree. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Braintree.
Newspapers Published in New Braintree ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Braintree.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Braintree, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Braintree.
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 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 New Braintree:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Worcester County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Hampden County
- Hampshire County
- Middlesex County
- Hartford County
- Tolland County
- Windham County
- Cheshire 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- New Braintree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 New Braintree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |