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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 Teaticket (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 Teaticket. 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.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Teaticket is located in Barnstable County.

To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Below are the counties that are near Teaticket. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Teaticket:

  • Barnstable County     (The home county of Teaticket)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teaticket, with the one closest to Teaticket listed first.
    • Acapesket
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Acapesket is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acapesket
    • Falmouth
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,107 people
    • East Falmouth
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • East Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Falmouth
    • West Falmouth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • West Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falmouth
    • Monomoscoy Island
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Monomoscoy Island is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monomoscoy Island
    • Seconsett Island
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Seconsett Island is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seconsett Island
    • Hatchville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Hatchville is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
    • Woods Hole
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Woods Hole is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Hole
    • Seabrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Seabrook is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabrook
    • North Falmouth
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
    • Silver Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
    • Maushop Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Maushop Village is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maushop Village
    • New Seabury
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • New Seabury is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Seabury
  • Bristol County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teaticket, with the one closest to Teaticket listed first.
    • Fairhaven
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Fairhaven is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,103 people
    • Acushnet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Acushnet is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,673 people
    • Bliss Corner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Bliss Corner is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corner
    • Nonquitt
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Nonquitt is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonquitt
    • South Dartmouth
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • South Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Dartmouth
    • Acushnet Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Acushnet Center is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Center
    • Apponagansett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Apponagansett is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponagansett
    • New Bedford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • New Bedford is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,517 people
    • Acushnet Station ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Acushnet Station is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acushnet Station
    • Long Plain
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Long Plain is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Plain
    • Dartmouth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartmouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,926 people
    • North Dartmouth
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • North Dartmouth is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Dartmouth
    • Clifford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Clifford is located in Bristol County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
  • Dukes County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teaticket, with the one closest to Teaticket listed first.
    • West Chop
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • West Chop is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chop
    • Oak Bluffs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Oak Bluffs is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluffs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,696 people
    • Tisbury
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Tisbury is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tisbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,128 people
    • Vineyard Haven
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Vineyard Haven is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Haven
    • Christian Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Christian Town is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Town
    • North Tisbury
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • North Tisbury is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tisbury
    • Gosnold
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Gosnold is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gosnold
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
    • Edgartown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Edgartown is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgartown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
    • West Tisbury
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • West Tisbury is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Tisbury
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,927 people
    • Katama
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Katama is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katama
    • Chilmark
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chilmark is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilmark
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
    • Menemsha
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Menemsha is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menemsha
    • Aquinnah
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Aquinnah is located in Dukes County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquinnah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
      • Former name for Aquinnah:
      • Gay Head
  • Plymouth County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teaticket, with the one closest to Teaticket listed first.
    • Onset
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Onset is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset
    • Marion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Marion is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,189 people
    • East Wareham
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • East Wareham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wareham
    • Onset Station
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Onset Station is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onset Station
    • Mattapoisett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Mattapoisett is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattapoisett
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,427 people
    • Weweantic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Weweantic is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weweantic
    • Briarwood Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Briarwood Beach is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarwood Beach
    • Wareham Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wareham Center is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham Center
    • Wareham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wareham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wareham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,778 people
    • White Island Shores
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • White Island Shores is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Island Shores
    • Rochester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Rochester is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,740 people
    • West Wareham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • West Wareham is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wareham
    • Cranberry Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Cranberry Village is located in Plymouth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Village
  • Newport County (RI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Teaticket, with the one closest to Teaticket listed first.
    • Adamsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Adamsville is located in Newport County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
    • Bliss Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bliss Corners is located in Newport County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners
    • Little Compton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Little Compton is located in Newport County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Compton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,462 people
    • Little Compton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Little Compton is located in Newport County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Compton
    • Tiverton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Tiverton is located in Newport County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,569 people
    • Tiverton Four Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Tiverton Four Corners is located in Newport County (RI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Four Corners

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Teaticket, see our County-by-County Page for Teaticket.

Cemeteries Near Teaticket ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Teaticket.

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 Teaticket - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Teaticket covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Teaticket, with the one closest to Teaticket listed first.

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Teaticket had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Teaticket, with the one closest to Teaticket listed first.

  • Falmouth
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,107 people
  • Falmouth Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Falmouth Heights is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth Heights
  • East Falmouth
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • East Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Falmouth
  • West Falmouth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • West Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falmouth
  • Hatchville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Hatchville is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchville
  • North Falmouth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Falmouth is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Falmouth
  • West Chop
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • West Chop is located in Dukes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chop
  • Vineyard Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Vineyard Haven is located in Dukes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Haven
  • Vineyard Highlands
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Vineyard Highlands is located in Dukes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyard Highlands
  • Oak Bluffs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Oak Bluffs is located in Dukes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Bluffs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,696 people
  • Cataumet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cataumet is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cataumet
  • Mashpee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mashpee is located in Barnstable County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashpee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,266 people
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Pocasset
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Pocasset is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocasset
    • Forestdale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Forestdale is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestdale
    • Monument Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Monument Beach is located in Barnstable County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Beach

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Teaticket. See our List of 1890's Communities around Teaticket.

Newspapers Published in Teaticket ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Teaticket.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Teaticket, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Teaticket.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Teaticket:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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.

<3>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 Teaticket, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Teaticket) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.