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 Rocks 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 Rocks 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 Rocks 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Rocks Village: Rocks Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
- While the name of this community is Rocks Village, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rocks Village may originally have been Rock's Village.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rocks Village might be written as Rock 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 northeast 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 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.
Rocks Village is located in Essex County.
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Essex County: Middlesex, Suffolk & Rockingham (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Rocks Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rocks Village:
- Essex County (The home county of Rocks Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- West Newbury
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- Merrimac
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Groveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Amesbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- Byfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Byfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byfield
- Bradford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Haverhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- Newbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Newbury is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,175 people
- Newburyport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Newburyport is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburyport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,495 people
- Ward Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Salisbury
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
- West Boxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Boxford is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boxford
- Middlesex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- North Reading
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- West Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- West Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Tewksbury
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
- Dracut
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Dracut is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
- Collinsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Lowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lowell is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
- Montrose
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Montrose is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
- Reading
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Reading is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,535 people
- Ayres City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ayres City is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
- Wilmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wilmington is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,287 people
- Billerica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Billerica is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billerica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,021 people
- Middlesex Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
- North Billerica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Billerica is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica
- Suffolk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- Franklin Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Revere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Revere is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revere
- Population from the 2020 Census: 52,375 people
- Chelsea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chelsea is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,230 people
- Charlestown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Charlestown is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlestown
- Winthrop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Winthrop is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winthrop
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,446 people
- East Boston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Boston is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Boston
- Hillsborough County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- Pelham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pelham is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,306 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <2>
- Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hudson is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <2>
- Massabesic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Nashua
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Nashua is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89,167 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nashua <2>
- East Merrimack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Litchfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Merrimack
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bedford is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bedford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,957 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bedford <2>
- South Merrimack
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack
- Pinardville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Hollis Depot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hollis Depot is located in Hillsborough County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollis Depot
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- South Hooksett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Martin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Hooksett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- Newton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,934 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <2>
- South Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plaistow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Westville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Westville is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- East Kingston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monahan Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monahan Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monahan Corners
- Atkinson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kensington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Nason Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nason Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nason Corners
- Seabrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Seabrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- South Seabrook is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Seabrook
- Fogg Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fogg Corners is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fogg Corners
- Danville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lee is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
- Durham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Durham is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,441 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <2>
- Madbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Dover
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dover is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <2>
- Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Bow Lake Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
- Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
- Bow Lake
- Pickering
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Rollinsford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rocks Village, see our County-by-County Page for Rocks Village.
Cemeteries Near Rocks Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rocks 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 Rocks Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rocks Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- Bridge Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Children of Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Merrimack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Walnut Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Church Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Locust Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Walnut Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Groveland.
- Jump to the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System: MACRIS ID #GRV.800 <3>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91517 <4>
- Lower Corner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Haverhill City Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hilldale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. James Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (468 more) ...
- Pentucket Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Linwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
While we didn't find Rocks Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rocks Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rocks Village, with the one closest to Rocks Village listed first.
- West Newbury
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- Merrimac
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Merrimacport
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Merrimacport is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimacport
- Groveland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- Haverhill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Bradford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Byfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Byfield is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byfield
- Newton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Newton is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,934 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <2>
- Amesbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amesbury is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,537 people
- South Groveland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Groveland is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Groveland
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Georgetown is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,789 people
- Salisbury Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury Point is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury Point
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- South Hampton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Newton Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Newton Junction is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton Junction
- Plaistow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rocks Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rocks Village.
Newspapers Published in Rocks 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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rocks Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rocks Village, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rocks Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Rocks Village:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Essex County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Middlesex County
- Suffolk County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts
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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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 Rocks Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rocks Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |