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 Conleys 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 Conleys 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 Conleys 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 Conleys Grove: Conleys Grv.
- While the name of this community is Conleys Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Conleys Grove may originally have been Conley's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Conleys Grove might be written as Conley 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Conleys 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 Conleys Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Conleys Grove:
- Rockingham County (The home county of Conleys Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys Grove listed first.
- Hampstead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North Salem
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hubbard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Atkinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Salem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Corners
- Plaistow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Derry Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Derry Village is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry Village
- Westville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Derry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys Grove listed first.
- Pelham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Massabesic
(13 miles [20.9 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
- Nashua
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Merrimack
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Pinardville
(17 miles [27.4 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
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys Grove listed first.
- South Hooksett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Hooksett is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hooksett
- Martin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Martin is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Hooksett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Suncook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Allenstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pembroke
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Epsom
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bow
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Dunbarton
(26 miles [41.8 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
- Bow Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bow Junction is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Junction
- Chichester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys Grove listed first.
- Glenmere Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmere Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmere Village
- Lee
(20 miles [32.2 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Madbury
(25 miles [40.2 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bow Lake Village
(26 miles [41.8 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
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Pickering
(30 miles [48.3 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 Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys Grove listed first.
- Ayers Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Tozier Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tozier Corner is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tozier Corner
- Methuen
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Haverhill
(8 miles [12.9 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
- Ward Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ward Hill is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ward Hill
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bradford is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Merrimac
(10 miles [16.1 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
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rocks Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocks Village
- Lawrence
(10 miles [16.1 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
- West Newbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- West Newbury is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,781 people
- North Andover
(11 miles [17.7 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
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Middlesex County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys Grove listed first.
- Dracut
(13 miles [20.9 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Collinsville is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Ayres City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ayres City is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayres City
- Lowell
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Tewksbury
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Middlesex Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middlesex Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex Village
- Tyngsbororough
(16 miles [25.7 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
- North Chelmsford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Chelmsford is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chelmsford
- Princeton Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Princeton Village is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton Village
- Dunstable
(18 miles [29 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
(19 miles [30.6 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
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- North Billerica is located in Middlesex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Billerica
- Suffolk County (MA)
- Franklin Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Franklin Park is located in Suffolk County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Park
- Worcester County (MA)
- Shaker Village
(28 miles [45.1 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 Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys 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
- Kittery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Admiralty Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Admiralty Village is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Admiralty Village
- Eliot
(29 miles [46.7 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 Conleys Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Conleys Grove.
Cemeteries Near Conleys Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Conleys 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 Conleys Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Conleys Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys Grove listed first.
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Old Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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>
- Hadley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Pine Knoll Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wells Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (520 more) ...
- Holy Angels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Soldiers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cemetery on the Plains
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Conleys Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Conleys Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Conleys Grove, with the one closest to Conleys Grove listed first.
- North Salem
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hampstead
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hubbard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hubbard is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
- Atkinson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Hampstead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Hampstead is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hampstead
- Windham Depot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Windham Depot is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Depot
- Salem Depot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Salem Depot is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Depot
- Salem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- East Hampstead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Derry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Derry is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Derry
- Ayers Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ayers Village is located in Essex County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers Village
- Westville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Westville is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Plaistow
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Danville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandown
(5 miles [8 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 Conleys Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Conleys Grove.
Newspapers Published in Conleys 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 196 newspapers that have been published in the area around Conleys Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Conleys Grove, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Conleys Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Conleys 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
- Suffolk 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> | The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.
When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.
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| <5> | 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 Conleys Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <6> | 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- Conleys Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |