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 The Glen (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 The Glen. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
The Glen 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 The Glen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Glen:
- Coos County (The home county of The Glen)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Glen, with the one closest to The Glen listed first.
- Happy Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Happy Corner is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Corner
- Idlewilde
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Idlewilde is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewilde
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Atkinson and Gilmanton Academy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stewartstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartstown is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Dixs Grant
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Stewartstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dixville Notch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Dixville Notch is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixville Notch
- Colebrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Franklin County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Glen, with the one closest to The Glen listed first.
- Davis Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Davis Town is located in Franklin County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Town
- Oquossoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mountainview
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mountainview is located in Franklin County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainview
- Coburn Gore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coburn Gore is located in Franklin County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn Gore
- Bemis
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bemis is located in Franklin County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bemis
- Oxford County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Glen, with the one closest to The Glen listed first.
- Wilsons Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Lincoln Plantation
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 44 people
- Magalloway Plantation
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Magalloway Plantation is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magalloway Plantation
- Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
- Upper Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Dam is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Dam
- Middle Dam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
- Upton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Essex County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Glen, with the one closest to The Glen listed first.
- Beecher Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beecher Falls is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Falls
- Canaan
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Averill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Averill is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Averill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25 people
- Lemington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lemington is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 97 people
- Averill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bloomfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Lewis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Norton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Avery's Gore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avery's Gore is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery's Gore
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Glen, see our County-by-County Page for The Glen.
Cemeteries Near The Glen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Glen.
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 The Glen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Glen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Glen, with the one closest to The Glen listed first.
- North Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Herbert Lawton Memorial Advent Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hollow Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hollow Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southeast of Stewartstown.
- The Hollow Cemetery has also been known as:
- Stewartstown Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237358 <3>
- St. Malo Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Canaan Village Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Alice Hunt Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reed Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilson Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Morrison Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison Cemetery
- The Morrison Cemetery has also been known as:
- South Canaan Cemetery
- South Canaan Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2450257 <3>
- Morrison - Schoolhouse Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wallace Pond Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Keach Road Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- East Clifton Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Old Canaan Hill Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Hill Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 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.<4>
While we didn't find The Glen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Glen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from The Glen, with the one closest to The Glen listed first.
- Clarksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Clarksville is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Pittsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stewartstown is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewartstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 925 people
- Beecher Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Beecher Falls is located in Essex County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Falls
- Canaan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Stewartstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wilsons Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilsons Mills is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons Mills
- Colebrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
- Averill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Errol
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Georges
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Georges is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges
- Middle Dam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Middle Dam is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Dam
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Glen. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Glen.
Newspapers Published in The Glen ...
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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Glen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Glen, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Glen.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 The Glen:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Franklin County
- Oxford County
- Essex 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> | 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- The Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 The Glen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |