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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 Rognel Heights (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 Rognel Heights. 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 Rognel Heights ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Rognel Heights: Rognel Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 Rognel Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rognel Heights.

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 Rognel Heights - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • New Cathedral Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Western Star Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Baltimore National Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Eucharist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Loudon Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Loudon Park National Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Western Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Etting Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Beth Tfiloh Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
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    • Evangelimas Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lorraine Park Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Arbutus Memorial Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)

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>

While we didn't find Rognel Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rognel Heights.

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

  • Beechfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Beechfield is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechfield
  • Carroll
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Carroll is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
  • Calverton
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Calverton is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calverton
  • Wetheredsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Wetheredsville is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetheredsville
  • Franklintown
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Franklintown is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklintown
  • Catonsville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Paradise
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Paradise is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Arbutus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Claremont ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Claremont is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
  • Bloomsbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bloomsbury is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsbury
  • Halethorpe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Mount Winans
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Winans is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Winans
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    • Baltimore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Hampden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lochearn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lochearn is located in Baltimore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochearn

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

Newspapers Published in Rognel Heights ...

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 545 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rognel Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rognel Heights, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rognel Heights.

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 websites either 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 Rognel Heights:

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 Maryland Historical Trust (MHT) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MIHP (for the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties). More information about the MHT and MIHP can be found on their website: mht.maryland.gov.
<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 Rognel Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Rognel Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.