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 Collettes Grove (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 Collettes Grove. 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 Collettes Grove ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Collettes Grove: Collettes Grv.
- While the name of this community is Collettes Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Collettes Grove may originally have been Collette's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Collettes Grove might be written as Collette Grove.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Collettes Grove is located in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County: Essex (MA), York (ME), Hillsborough, Merrimack & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Collettes Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Collettes Grove:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Collettes Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- Hampstead
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hubbard
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- North Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sandown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Atkinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Westville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Derry Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Derry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilson Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners
- Plaistow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- Pelham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Hudson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Merrimack
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- East Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Merrimack
- Litchfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Reeds Ferry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Ferry
- Manchester
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Nashua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bedford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pinardville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- South Merrimack
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Merrimack is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Merrimack
- Grasmere
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- South Hooksett
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Martin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Hooksett
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Allenstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Suncook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bow is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bow <2>
- Gossville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Bow Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Dunbarton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dunbarton is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbarton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,916 people
- Chichester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Horse Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lee <2>
- Durham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Madbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Madbury is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
- Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bow Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
- Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
- Bow Lake
- East Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Strafford Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Pickering
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pickering is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering
- Essex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- Ayers Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Tozier Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- Haverhill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haverhill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haverhill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 64,098 people
- Methuen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Methuen is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Methuen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50,910 people
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Ward Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Merrimac
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Merrimac is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,972 people
- Rocks Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Lawrence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lawrence is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Population from the 2020 Census: 80,007 people
- North Andover
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Andover is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Andover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,460 people
- Groveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,868 people
- West Newbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- West Boxford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Boxford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Boxford
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- Dracut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dracut is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dracut
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,423 people
- Collinsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Lowell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lowell is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110,904 people
- Tyngsbororough
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tyngsbororough is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyngsbororough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,646 people
- Ayres City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ayres City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
- Middlesex Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
- Princeton Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village
- Tewksbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Tewksbury is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewksbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,970 people
- North Chelmsford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford
- Dunstable
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dunstable is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunstable
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,404 people
- Chelmsford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelmsford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,528 people
- North Billerica
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Billerica is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica
- North Reading
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,904 people
- Worcester County (MA)
- Shaker Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Worcester County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- South Eliot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Eliot is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eliot
- Admiralty Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Eliot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kittery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kittery Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Collettes Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Collettes Grove.
Cemeteries Near Collettes Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Collettes Grove.
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 Collettes Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Collettes Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- Old Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wells Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- New Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hadley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Salem.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978356 <3>
- Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (518 more) ...
- Holy Angels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Soldiers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Collettes Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Collettes Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Collettes Grove, with the one closest to Collettes Grove listed first.
- Hampstead
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Hampstead
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- West Hampstead is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hampstead
- Hubbard
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- North Salem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Hampstead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sandown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Windham Depot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windham Depot is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Depot
- Atkinson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Derry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- East Derry is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Derry
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Derry
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Windham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Salem Depot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salem Depot is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Depot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Collettes Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Collettes Grove.
Newspapers Published in Collettes Grove ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Collettes Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Collettes Grove, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Collettes Grove.
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 Collettes Grove:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Rockingham County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Strafford County
- Essex County
- Middlesex County
- Worcester County
- York 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 Collettes Grove, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Collettes Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |