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 West Forest Park (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 West Forest Park. 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 West Forest Park ...

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 West Forest Park: W. Forest Park

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 West Forest Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Forest Park.

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 West Forest Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Evangelimas Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelimas Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evangelimas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Arlington Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arlington Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Arlington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Beth Tfiloh Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth Tfiloh Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beth Tfiloh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Lorraine Park Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lorraine Park Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lorraine Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Woodlawn Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81791 <2>
• Western Star Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Star Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Western Star Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• New Cathedral Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Cathedral Cemetery
  • The New Cathedral Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Bonnie Brae Cemetery
  • Cathedral Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #640847 <2>
• Western Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Western Cemetery
  • Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #B-1376 <3>
• St. Peters Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Peters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Etting Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Etting Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Etting Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Woodlawn Memorial Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Memorial Park
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Baltimore National Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baltimore National Cemetery
  • Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #BA-3239 <3>
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80731 <2>
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  • Eucharist Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eucharist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eucharist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Loudon Park Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loudon Park Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Loudon Park Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Baltimore.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1973902 <2>
  • Loudon Park National Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Loudon Park National Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Loudon Park National Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Baltimore.
    • Jump to the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties: MIHP ID #B-4597 <3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #109423 <2>

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 West Forest Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Forest Park.

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

• Wetheredsville
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wetheredsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetheredsville
  • Wetheredsville is located in Baltimore City
• Franklintown
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franklintown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklintown
  • Franklintown is located in Baltimore County
• Mount Hope
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
  • Mount Hope is located in Baltimore City
• Arlington
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Arlington is located in Baltimore City
• Lochearn
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lochearn have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochearn
  • Lochearn is located in Baltimore County
• Powhatan
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powhatan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhatan
  • Powhatan is located in Baltimore County
• Calverton
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calverton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calverton
  • Calverton is located in Baltimore City
• Woodberry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodberry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodberry
  • Woodberry is located in Baltimore City
• Melvale
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melvale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvale
  • Melvale is located in Baltimore City
• Mount Washington
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
  • Mount Washington is located in Baltimore City
• Beechfield
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beechfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechfield
  • Beechfield is located in Baltimore City
• Carroll
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carroll have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carroll
  • Carroll is located in Baltimore City
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  • Pikesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pikesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikesville
    • Pikesville is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pikesville <6>
  • Hampden
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • 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.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampden
    • Hampden is located in Baltimore City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hampden <6>
  • Evergreen
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Evergreen is located in Baltimore City

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

Newspapers Published in West Forest Park ...

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 547 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Forest Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Forest Park, there are papers which were published within 4 miles [6.4 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Forest Park.

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 West Forest Park:

• 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 West Forest Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Maryland: https://www.maryland.gov/