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 East Alstead (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 East Alstead. 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 East Alstead ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Alstead: E. Alstead
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 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.
East Alstead 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 East Alstead. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Alstead:
- Cheshire County (The home county of East Alstead)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- Alstead Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Marlow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- Alstead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gilsum
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lower Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Drewsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Surry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- Cold River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sullivan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Walpole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mill Village is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Nelson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 740 people
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- Windsor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Windsor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
- Hillsboro Upper Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Branch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
- Antrim Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Antrim Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antrim Center
- Clinton Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Clinton Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton Village
- Hillsboro Lower Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hillsboro Center is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro Center
- Antrim
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Holton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Holton is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holton
- Hancock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
- Hillsborough has also been known as:
- Hillsboro
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <1>
- Bennington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elmwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- Bradford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Sunapee
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Newbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Melvin Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Mills is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Mills
- Sutton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henniker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Warner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Lower Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Wilmot Flat
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Contoocook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- South Acworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Langdon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Acworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Lempster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lempster is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lempster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,177 people
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Quaker City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Quaker City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker City
- Charlestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Unity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Unity is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,616 people
- Goshen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kelleyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Kelleyville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleyville
- Claremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Newport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Croydon Flat
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- West Northfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- West Northfield is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Northfield
- Mayo Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mayo Corners is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Corners
- Northfield
(30 miles [48.3 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Warwick is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- Landgrove Town Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Landgrove Town Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove Town Center
- Landgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Landgrove is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Windham County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- Bellows Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Westminster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- North Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Westminster
- Estimated population in 2011: 246 people
- Westminster
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Saxtons River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Rockingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Rockingham is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,986 people
- Westminster
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westminster is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,952 people
- Brockways Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Brockways Mills is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockways Mills
- Westminster West
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Westminster West is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster West
- Athens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Cambridgeport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cambridgeport is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridgeport
- Putney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Putney is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,438 people
- Athens
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Athens is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 435 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Springfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,875 people
- Springfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Depot is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Depot
- Chester
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ascutney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chester is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,018 people
- Perkinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weathersfield is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weathersfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,727 people
- Baltimore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Baltimore is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
- Downers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Downers is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downers
- Andover
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Alstead, see our County-by-County Page for East Alstead.
Cemeteries Near East Alstead ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Alstead.
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 East Alstead - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Alstead covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Baker Corner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marlow Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Slade Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Centennial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centennial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Centennial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the north of Keene.
- The Centennial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bond Cemetery
- Centennial Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987553 <2>
- Gilsum Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilsum Village Cemetery
- The Gilsum Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ware Cemetery
- Jefts Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Upper Langdon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Drewsville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Joslin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Langdon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Acworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth Cemetery
- The Acworth Cemetery has also been known as:
- Batchelder - Nye Road Cemetery
- Old Acworth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276810 <2>
- Continue List (397 more) ...
- Acworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Walpole Village Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Alstead had a population of 150 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Alstead, with the one closest to East Alstead listed first.
- Alstead Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Alstead Center is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alstead Center
- Marlow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marlow is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
- South Acworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Acworth
- Alstead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gilsum
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Langdon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Langdon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langdon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Drewsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Drewsville is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewsville
- Acworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
- Surry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Surry is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
- East Acworth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Acworth is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Acworth
- Cold River
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cold River is located in Cheshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold River
- Westminster Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Westminster Station is located in Windham County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westminster Station
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Walpole
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stoddard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Alstead. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Alstead.
Newspapers Published in East Alstead ...
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 97 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Alstead.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Alstead, 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 East Alstead.
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 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 East Alstead:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Cheshire County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Franklin County
- Bennington County
- Windham County
- Windsor County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Alstead) 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 East Alstead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |