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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 Ashuelot (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 Ashuelot. 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.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Ashuelot is located in Cheshire County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cheshire County: Franklin (MA), Worcester (MA), Hillsborough, Sullivan & Windham (VT).

Below are the counties that are near Ashuelot. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ashuelot:

  • Cheshire County     (The home county of Ashuelot)
  • Hillsborough County
  • Sullivan County
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashuelot, with the one closest to Ashuelot listed first.
    • Drury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Florida
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Franklin County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashuelot, with the one closest to Ashuelot listed first.
    • West Northfield
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Northfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,958 people
    • Warwick
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Hermon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mayo Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bernardston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bernardston is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
    • Gill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Gill is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,473 people
    • Leyden
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Leyden is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leyden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
    • Erving
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Wendell Depot
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Wendell Depot is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell Depot
    • North Orange
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Factory Village ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Factory Village is located in Franklin County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
    • Tully
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hampshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashuelot, with the one closest to Ashuelot listed first.
    • North Amherst
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Pelham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • East Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • East Village is located in Hampshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
    • North Hatfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • West Pelham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Amherst Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Amherst Center is located in Hampshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst Center
    • Amherst
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • North Hadley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hatfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Hatfield is located in Hampshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,243 people
    • South Amherst
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • South Amherst is located in Hampshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
    • West Hatfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Goshen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Plainfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Plainfield is located in Hampshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
  • Worcester County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashuelot, with the one closest to Ashuelot listed first.
    • Royalston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Athol
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waterville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Winchendon
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Winchendon Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Winchendon Springs is located in Worcester County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchendon Springs
    • Baldwinville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Brooks Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brooks Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Village
    • Phillipston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pequoig
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Goulding Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Goulding Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding Village
    • North Dana ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Petersham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Templeton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Templeton is located in Worcester County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,134 people
  • Bennington County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ashuelot, with the one closest to Ashuelot listed first.
    • Readsboro
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Readsboro
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Readsboro is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readsboro
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
    • Searsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Searsburg is located in Bennington County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Windham County (VT)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ashuelot, see our County-by-County Page for Ashuelot.

Cemeteries Near Ashuelot ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ashuelot.

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 Ashuelot - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Ashuelot had a population of 268 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Ashuelot ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashuelot.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ashuelot, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ashuelot.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Ashuelot:

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>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 Ashuelot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ashuelot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.