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 Beans Purchase (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 Beans Purchase. 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 Beans Purchase ...
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.
While the name of this community is Beans Purchase, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Beans Purchase may originally have been Bean's Purchase.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Beans Purchase might be written as Bean Purchase.
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Beans Purchase is located in Coos 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 Coos County: Oxford (ME), Carroll, Grafton & Essex (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Beans Purchase. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Beans Purchase:
- Coos County (The home county of Beans Purchase)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beans Purchase, with the one closest to Beans Purchase listed first.
- Martins Location
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martins Location is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martins Location
- Glen House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Greens Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Greens Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pinkhams Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pinkhams Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkhams Grant
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
- Upper Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Upper Village is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Village
- Shelburne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson and Meserves Purchase
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sargents Purchase
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sargents Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents Purchase
- Cutts Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cutts Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutts Grant
- Beans Grant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Beans Grant is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans Grant
- Chandlers Purchase
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Chandlers Purchase is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chandlers Purchase
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beans Purchase, with the one closest to Beans Purchase listed first.
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Chatham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jericho is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Intervale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
- Kearsarge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kearsarge is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- South Chatham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chatham
- Harts Location
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Conway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bartlett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Notchland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Notchland is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notchland
- Hale's Location
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Hale's Location is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale's Location
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Livermore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Center Conway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Beans Purchase, with the one closest to Beans Purchase listed first.
- Pierce Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pierce Bridge is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Bridge
- Maplewood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Maplewood is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- The Village of Loon Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Apthorp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Apthorp is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apthorp
- Waterville Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Franconia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Cumberland County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beans Purchase, with the one closest to Beans Purchase listed first.
- West Bridgton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgton
- North Bridgton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy Creek is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Creek
- South Bridgton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Bridgton is located in Cumberland County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bridgton
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beans Purchase, with the one closest to Beans Purchase listed first.
- Gilead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Stow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stoneham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stoneham is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Center Lovell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Fryeburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Slab City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- West Bethel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Bethel is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethel
- Lovell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Waterford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mayville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mayville is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Fryeburg Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fryeburg Center is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fryeburg Center
- Sweden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sweden is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 413 people
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Beans Purchase, with the one closest to Beans Purchase listed first.
- Guildhall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lunenburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Guildhall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guildhall is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Beans Purchase, see our County-by-County Page for Beans Purchase.
Cemeteries Near Beans Purchase ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beans Purchase.
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 Beans Purchase - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Beans Purchase covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Beans Purchase, with the one closest to Beans Purchase listed first.
- Mt. Hayes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Evans Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lary Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eastman / Charles Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burbank Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Center Chatham Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emerson Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fox Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Abbott Family Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lord Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (172 more) ...
- Beth Israel Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Calvary Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Berlin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #102804 <3>
- New Berlin City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin City Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Berlin City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Berlin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2247715 <3>
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 Beans Purchase in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Beans Purchase.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Beans Purchase, with the one closest to Beans Purchase listed first.
- Glen House
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glen House is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen House
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Chatham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Chatham is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Shelburne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Randolph
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gilead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gilead is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Chatham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glen is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Lower Bartlett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lower Bartlett is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Bartlett
- North Lovell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Lovell is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lovell
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Fryeburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Fryeburg is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fryeburg
- Center Lovell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Intervale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Intervale is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Intervale
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Beans Purchase. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beans Purchase.
Newspapers Published in Beans Purchase ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beans Purchase.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beans Purchase, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beans Purchase.
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 Beans Purchase:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Grafton County
- Cumberland County
- Oxford County
- Essex County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Beans Purchase, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beans Purchase) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |