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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 Errol (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 Errol. 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.

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.

Errol 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 Errol. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Errol:

  • Coos County     (The home county of Errol)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Errol, with the one closest to Errol listed first.
    • Dixs Grant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Dixs Grant is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixs Grant
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
    • Second College Grant
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dixville Notch
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ervings Location
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Ervings Location is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ervings Location
    • Dummer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Milan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • West Milan
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Percy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarksville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarksville is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
    • Stark
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Colebrook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Errol, with the one closest to Errol listed first.
    • Bemis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Oquossoc
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountainview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Davis Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Davis Town is located in Franklin County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
    • Rangeley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy River Plantation
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Sandy River Plantation is located in Franklin County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy River Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
  • Oxford County (ME)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Errol, with the one closest to Errol listed first.
    • Upton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Upton is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upton <1>
    • Middle Dam
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Magalloway Plantation
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
    • Wilsons Mills
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln Plantation
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
    • Upper Dam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Andover
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • North Newry
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • East Andover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • East Andover is located in Oxford County (ME)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
    • South Andover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Byron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Newry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Essex County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Errol, with the one closest to Errol listed first.
    • Beecher Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
    • Bloomfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Brunswick Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Lemington
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Lemington is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
    • Canaan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Canaan is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
    • Guildhall
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Maidstone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Maidstone is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maidstone
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people
    • Brunswick
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brunswick is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Averill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Averill is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
    • Guildhall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Guildhall is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guildhall
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Lewis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Lewis is located in Essex County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Errol, see our County-by-County Page for Errol.

Cemeteries Near Errol ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Errol.

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 Errol - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Errol covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Errol, with the one closest to Errol listed first.

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 in 1895, Errol had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Errol had a population of 263 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Errol, with the one closest to Errol listed first.

  • Upton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Upton is located in Oxford County (ME)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Upton <1>
  • Middle Dam
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Dummer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Wilsons Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • West Milan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Milan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Percy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stark
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Clarksville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarksville is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
  • Colebrook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Columbia is located in Coos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bemis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Andover
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Georges
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Georges is located in Coos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Errol. See our List of 1890's Communities around Errol.

Newspapers Published in Errol ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Errol.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Errol, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Errol.

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 Errol:

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' (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- Errol) 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 Errol, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.