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 Wilder (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 Wilder. 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 Wilder ...
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 Wilder: E. Wilder
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 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.
East Wilder is located in Grafton 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 Grafton County: Belknap, Carroll, Coos, Merrimack, Sullivan, Caledonia (VT), Essex (VT), Orange (VT) & Windsor (VT).
Below are the counties that are near East Wilder. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Wilder:
- Grafton County (The home county of East Wilder)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wilder, with the one closest to East Wilder listed first.
- Sachem Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Hanover
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Meadow Brook Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- Pinewood Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- West Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Etna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mascoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Enfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lower Shaker Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shaker Village
- Montcalm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Upper Shaker Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Lockehaven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wilder, with the one closest to East Wilder listed first.
- Blodgett Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Danbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Mount Sunapee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Potter Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Wilmot Flat
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Newbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Andover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sutton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wilder, with the one closest to East Wilder listed first.
- Meriden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Mill Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Plainfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Squag City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- North Grantham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Cornish City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Cornish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Cornish
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Grantham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Balloch
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Balloch is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balloch
- Croydon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Springfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Croydon Flat
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wilder, with the one closest to East Wilder listed first.
- Union Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Thetford Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thetford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- South Strafford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Strafford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Strafford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Old City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Old City is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- Post Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Ely
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Fairlee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tunbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tunbridge is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,335 people
- Tunbridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Rutland County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wilder, with the one closest to East Wilder listed first.
- West Bridgewater
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Killington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Killington is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 749 people
- Sherburne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sherburne is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburne
- Killington Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Killington Village is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killington Village
- Telemark Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Telemark Village is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telemark Village
- Pittsfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pittsfield is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 551 people
- Healdville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Healdville is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healdville
- Mendon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Mendon is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,015 people
- Shrewsbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shrewsbury is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 979 people
- Mount Holly
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Holly is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Holly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,241 people
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Wilder, with the one closest to East Wilder listed first.
- Wilder
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Norwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- White River Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Norwich
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- Hartford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hartford is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,566 people
- Pompanoosuc
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- West Norwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- North Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Quechee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quechee is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
- Pomfret
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pomfret is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret
- Population from the 2020 Census: 849 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Wilder, see our County-by-County Page for East Wilder.
Cemeteries Near East Wilder ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Wilder.
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 Wilder - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Wilder covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Wilder, with the one closest to East Wilder listed first.
- Pine Knolls Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Trask Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Christian Street Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hartford Point Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Pine Tree Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (391 more) ...
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Community Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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>
While we didn't find East Wilder in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Wilder.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Wilder, with the one closest to East Wilder listed first.
- Hanover
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hartford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- White River Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- West Lebanon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Norwich
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Hanover Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hanover Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Center
- Deweys Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deweys Mills is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deweys Mills
- North Hartland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Pompanoosuc
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- West Norwich
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- West Hartford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Hartford is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
- Enfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Union Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Wilder. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Wilder.
Newspapers Published in East Wilder ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Wilder.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Wilder, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Wilder.
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 East Wilder:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Orange County
- Rutland 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> | 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 Wilder, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Wilder) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |