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 Fernald Shore (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 Fernald Shore. 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 Fernald Shore ...
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 Fernald Shore: Fernald Shr.
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.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Fernald Shore is located in York County.
To see how the shape of Maine's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of York County: Cumberland, Oxford, Carroll (NH), Rockingham (NH) & Strafford (NH).
Below are the counties that are near Fernald Shore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fernald Shore:
- York County (The home county of Fernald Shore)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Acton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Springvale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sanford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shapleigh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Sanford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Sanford is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sanford
- Alfred
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- North Shapleigh
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- Berwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ross Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Corner is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Corner
- Mee Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mee Corners is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- Sprague City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sprague City is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprague City
- North Berwick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- West Baldwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Baldwin
- Standish
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Steep Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Scarborough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Scarborough is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scarborough
- Baldwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Baldwin is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Gorham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oxford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Porter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Porter is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- Kezar Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kezar Falls is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kezar Falls
- Durgintown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Durgintown is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgintown
- Belknap County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Alton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Alton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <1>
- Alton Bay
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Barnstead
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Haven
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- Lower Gilmanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Samoset
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Gilmanton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Gilford
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Belmont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Carroll County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Brookfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- East Wakefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Wakefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Woodman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Woodman is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodman
- South Wolfeboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Fernald
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Wolfeboro Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Wolfeboro Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfeboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- South Effingham
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Ossipee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimack County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Pittsfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Epsom
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Epsom is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epsom
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,824 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Epsom <1>
- Loudon Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Gossville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Chichester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Loudon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Loudon is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,697 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loudon <1>
- Shaker Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Allenstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Northwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Newington Station
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newington Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newington Station
- Newington
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Nottingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Newmarket
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- James City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- James City is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Seacrest Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Seacrest Village is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seacrest Village
- Deerfield Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Portsmouth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Stratham Station is located in Rockingham County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratham Station
- New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Strafford County (NH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- North Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Middleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Place is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Rochester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Davis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Davis is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- New Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dexter Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Strafford Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Pickering
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Somersworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Somersworth is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somersworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,286 people
- Former names for Somersworth:
- Great Falls
- Summersworth
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somersworth <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fernald Shore, see our County-by-County Page for Fernald Shore.
Cemeteries Near Fernald Shore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fernald Shore.
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 Fernald Shore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fernald Shore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Camp Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hayes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Twombly Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nutes Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Joseph Walker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Walker Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Joseph Walker Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Milton (NH).
- The Joseph Walker Cemetery has also been known as:
- Walker Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2356717 <2>
- Forest Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Milton Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Whitehouse Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wentworth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (314 more) ...
- Berry Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cold Springs Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Cold Spring Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Fernald Shore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fernald Shore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fernald Shore, with the one closest to Fernald Shore listed first.
- Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Milton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,614 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <1>
- Center Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Center Lebanon is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Lebanon
- West Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- North Lebanon is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lebanon
- North Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- East Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Lebanon is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lebanon
- Milton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Milton Mills is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Mills
- South Acton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Acton is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acton
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union is located in Carroll County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Farmington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Place is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County (NH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Acton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fernald Shore. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fernald Shore.
Newspapers Published in Fernald Shore ...
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 66 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fernald Shore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fernald Shore, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fernald Shore.
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 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 Fernald Shore:
- Websites specific to Maine
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maine
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Fernald Shore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fernald Shore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |