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 Smiths Ferry (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 Smiths Ferry. 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 Smiths Ferry ...
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 Smiths Ferry: Smiths Fry. (or less commonly used: Smiths Frry.)
- While the name of this community is Smiths Ferry, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Smiths Ferry may originally have been Smith's Ferry.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Smiths Ferry might be written as Smith Ferry.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Smiths Ferry. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smiths Ferry.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Smiths Ferry is located in Hampden 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 Hampden County: Hartford (CT), Litchfield (CT), Tolland (CT), Berkshire, Hampshire & Worcester.
Below are the counties that are near Smiths Ferry. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smiths Ferry:
- Hampden County (The home county of Smiths Ferry)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Holyoke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holyoke is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,921 people
- Aldenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Aldenville is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenville
- Ludlow City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow City is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow City
- Chicopee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chicopee is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,825 people
- Merrick
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Merrick is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrick
- Indian Orchard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Orchard is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Orchard
- Ludlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,101 people
- Hampton Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton Village is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Village
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Springfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 152,646 people
- West Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Springfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,397 people
- Montgomery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Montgomery is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
- Population from the 2020 Census: 863 people
- Westfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,063 people
- North Wilbraham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Wilbraham is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilbraham
- Berkshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- East Otis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Otis
- East Windsor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Windsor is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
- Becket
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Becket is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becket
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,707 people
- Otis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
- Peru
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peru is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Population from the 2020 Census: 833 people
- North Otis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Otis is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Otis
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Washington is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 541 people
- West Becket
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- West Becket is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Becket
- Hinsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hinsdale is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinsdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,902 people
- Windsor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
- Sandisfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandisfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 887 people
- Savoy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Savoy is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- South Sandisfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Sandisfield is located in Berkshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sandisfield
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Whately
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Whately is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whately
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,583 people
- Sunderland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sunderland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunderland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,634 people
- Leverett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leverett is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leverett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,836 people
- Smiths ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Smiths is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths
- South Deerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Deerfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Deerfield
- Shutesbury
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shutesbury is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shutesbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,753 people
- Conway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Conway is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,875 people
- Moores Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moores Corner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moores Corner
- Cooleyville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cooleyville is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooleyville
- Deerfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Deerfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,049 people
- Montague
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montague is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montague
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,203 people
- Locks Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Locks Village is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locks Village
- South Ashfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Ashfield is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ashfield
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Mount Tom
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Tom is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tom
- South Hadley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Hadley is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
- Easthampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Easthampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
- Northampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,362 people
- Granby
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Granby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
- Hadley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
- Bay State
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bay State is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State
- Florence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- West Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Farms is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farms
- Southampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Southampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
- Hatfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hatfield is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,243 people
- South Amherst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Amherst is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Leeds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds
- Worcester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Greenwich ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- West Warren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Warren is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Greenwich Village ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich Village is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich Village
- Gilbertville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gilbertville is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbertville
- Warren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Warren is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,203 people
- Dana ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dana is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- North Dana ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Dana is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dana
- Hardwick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hardwick is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- West Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,713 people
- New Braintree
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- New Braintree is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Braintree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,020 people
- Wheelwright
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wheelwright is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Brookfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,439 people
- Barre Plains
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Barre Plains is located in Worcester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barre Plains
- Hartford County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Rising Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rising Corner is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising Corner
- Sherwood Manor
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sherwood Manor is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood Manor
- Enfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Thompsonville is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- Enfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Enfield is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 43,559 people
- Hazardville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hazardville is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazardville
- Suffield Depot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Suffield Depot is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield Depot
- Suffield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Suffield is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,812 people
- Suffield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Suffield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Southwood Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Southwood Acres is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwood Acres
- North Granby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Granby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Granby is located in Hartford County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,120 people
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Hampsted
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hampsted is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampsted
- Barkhamsted
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barkhamsted
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barkhamsted is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkhamsted
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,587 people
- Colebrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,396 people
- Riverton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colebrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Colebrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Colebrook is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colebrook
- Pleasant Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tolland County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Somersville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Somers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Somers is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,741 people
- Somers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- State Line
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- State Line is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Ellington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ellington is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,652 people
- Stafford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,834 people
- Ellington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Lake is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Stafford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Staffordville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stafford Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Windermere
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Windermere is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windermere
- Quarryville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Quarryville is located in Tolland County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smiths Ferry, see our County-by-County Page for Smiths Ferry.
Cemeteries Near Smiths Ferry ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smiths Ferry.
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 Smiths Ferry - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smiths Ferry covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Evergreen Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Notre Dame Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mater Dolorosa Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Brigids Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brookside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Stanilaus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Jerome Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Jerome Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Jerome Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Holyoke.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #91574 <4>
- Forestdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Precious Blood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Main Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (360 more) ...
- Forestdale Cemetery West
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bridge Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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.<6>
While we didn't find Smiths Ferry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smiths Ferry.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smiths Ferry, with the one closest to Smiths Ferry listed first.
- Mount Tom
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mount Tom is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Tom
- South Hadley Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- South Hadley Falls is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley Falls
- South Hadley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Hadley is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hadley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,539 people
- Easthampton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Easthampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easthampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
- Holyoke
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Holyoke is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holyoke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,921 people
- Northampton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,362 people
- Ingleside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ingleside is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Granby
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Granby is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,262 people
- Bay State
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bay State is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay State
- Hadley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hadley is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people
- Southampton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Southampton is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
- Florence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Florence is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- West Farms
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Farms is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Farms
- Loudville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Loudville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudville
- Chicopee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chicopee is located in Hampden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicopee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54,825 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smiths Ferry. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smiths Ferry.
Newspapers Published in Smiths Ferry ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smiths Ferry.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smiths Ferry, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Smiths Ferry.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Smiths Ferry:
- Websites specific to Massachusetts
- Pages specific to Hampden County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berkshire County
- Franklin County
- Hampshire County
- Worcester County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- Tolland 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> | 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- Smiths Ferry) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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.
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| <6> | 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 Smiths Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |