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 Woodhome 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 Woodhome 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 Woodhome 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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Woodhome Heights: Woodhome 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 Woodhome Heights ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodhome 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.
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 Woodhome Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodhome Heights, with the one closest to Woodhome Heights listed first.
- Christopher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Parkwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parkwood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81354 <2>
- Moreland Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moreland Memorial Park
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- 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 <2>
- B'nai Israel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- 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 <2>
- Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- 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 <2>
- Gontrum Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gontrum Family Cemetery
- Burgan Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burgan Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2131136 <2>
- Gardens of Faith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gardens of Faith Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gardens of Faith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Honeysuckle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Honeysuckle Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Honeysuckle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- St. Vincents Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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- Laurel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- 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.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Har Sinai Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Har Sinai Cemetery
- United Hebrew Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the United Hebrew Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the United Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Laurel 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.<3>
While we didn't find Woodhome Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodhome Heights.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodhome Heights, with the one closest to Woodhome Heights listed first.
- Parkville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <4>
- Lauraville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lauraville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauraville
- Lauraville is located in Baltimore City
- Fullerton
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Gardenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardenville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
- Gardenville is located in Baltimore City
- Cowpen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Kenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Carney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast) - Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- 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.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Rosedale is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosedale <4>
- Golden Ring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Ring have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ring
- Golden Ring is located in Baltimore County
- Necker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Eudowood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Towson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towson
- Towson is located in Baltimore County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Towson <4>
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- Sheppard ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Govanstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Govanstown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Govanstown
- Govanstown is located in Baltimore City
- Homeland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sheppard ‑ Historic
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodhome Heights. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodhome Heights.
Newspapers Published in Woodhome 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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodhome Heights.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodhome Heights, there are papers which were published within 3 miles [4.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodhome Heights.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Woodhome Heights:
- 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 Woodhome Heights. 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 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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 Woodhome 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> | 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. |
| <6> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodhome Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woodhome Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3698, Longitude: -76.5455 In this case, the coordinates for Woodhome Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |