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 Hall Spring (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 Hall Spring. 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 Hall Spring ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Hall Spring: Hall Spg. (or less commonly used: Hall Spng. or Hall Sprng.)
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.
Cemeteries Near Hall Spring ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hall Spring.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hall Spring covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hall Spring, with the one closest to Hall Spring listed first.
- Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery
- The Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Redeemer Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81203 <1>
- Gontrum Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gontrum Family Cemetery
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the B'nai Israel Cemetery
- The B'nai Israel Cemetery has also been known as:
- B'nai Israel Congregation Cemetery
- Bnai Israel Cemetery
- Mishkon Israel Congregation Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80791 <1>
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Baltimore.
- The Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- German Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80992 <1>
- St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2219356 <1>
- Patterson Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patterson Family Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Patterson Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2536603 <1>
- Friends Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Friends Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Friends Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincents Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Vincents Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Baltimore Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baltimore Cemetery
- Laurel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (435 more) ...
- Har Sinai Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Har Sinai Cemetery
- Burgan Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burgan Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2131136 <1>
- Christopher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christopher Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Christopher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Har Sinai Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Hall Spring in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hall Spring.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hall Spring, with the one closest to Hall Spring listed first.
- Gardenville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
- Gardenville is located in Baltimore City
- Waverly
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Waverly is located in Baltimore City
- Lauraville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lauraville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauraville
- Lauraville is located in Baltimore City
- Orangeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orangeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Orangeville is located in Baltimore City
- Govanstown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Govanstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govanstown
- Govanstown is located in Baltimore City
- Evergreen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Guilford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west) - Baltimore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Baltimore is located in Baltimore City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586,131 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baltimore <5>
- Canton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosedale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rosedale is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <5>
- Kenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Parkville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Parkville is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkville <5>
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- Homeland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Hampden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hampden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden
- Hampden is located in Baltimore City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampden <5>
- Woodberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Homeland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hall Spring. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hall Spring.
Newspapers Published in Hall Spring ...
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 559 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hall Spring.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hall Spring, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hall Spring.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Hall Spring:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the Maryland State Archives
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Maryland
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Maryland
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Maryland
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Maryland
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hall Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/
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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hall Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hall Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hall Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3371, Longitude: -76.5752 In this case, the coordinates for Hall Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |