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 Lower Shaker Village (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 Lower Shaker Village. 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 Lower Shaker Village ...
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 Lower Shaker Village: Lower Shaker Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Lower Shaker Village 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 Lower Shaker Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Shaker Village:
- Grafton County (The home county of Lower Shaker Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Shaker Village, with the one closest to Lower Shaker Village listed first.
- Upper Shaker Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Upper Shaker Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Shaker Village
- Enfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Montcalm
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Mascoma
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mascoma is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascoma
- Lockehaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Canaan Street
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Etna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Canaan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pinewood Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pinewood Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinewood Village
- Sachem Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sachem Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sachem Village
- Meadow Brook Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Meadow Brook Village is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook Village
- West Lebanon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Lebanon is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Shaker Village, with the one closest to Lower Shaker Village listed first.
- New Hampton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gaza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Sanbornton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Winona
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Winona is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Tilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Shaker Village, with the one closest to Lower Shaker Village listed first.
- Danbury
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- New London
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Blodgett Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Blodgett Landing is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blodgett Landing
- Elkins
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- West Andover
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Wilmot Flat
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Mount Sunapee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Potter Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- Andover
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Newbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sutton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Shaker Village, with the one closest to Lower Shaker Village listed first.
- North Grantham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Meriden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Grantham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Springfield
(10 miles [16.1 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Mill Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Plainfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Georges Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Cornish
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Cornish is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cornish
- Squag City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Squag City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squag City
- Croydon Flat
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Twin Lakes Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Cornish City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornish City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish City
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Shaker Village, with the one closest to Lower Shaker Village listed first.
- Union Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Thetford Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Thetford
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Ely
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- South Strafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Post Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- Strafford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Strafford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,058 people
- Strafford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Old City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old City is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old City
- West Fairlee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Mill Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mill Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Rutland County (VT)
- West Bridgewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Bridgewater is located in Rutland County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Shaker Village, with the one closest to Lower Shaker Village listed first.
- Wilder
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- White River Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Norwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pompanoosuc
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- Hartford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Norwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- Hartford
(12 miles [19.3 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
- Hartland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quechee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Quechee is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quechee
- Hartland Four Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hartland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,513 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Shaker Village, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Shaker Village.
Cemeteries Near Lower Shaker Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Shaker Village.
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 Lower Shaker Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Shaker Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Shaker Village, with the one closest to Lower Shaker Village listed first.
- Shaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Purmort Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- George Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Plainfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burpee Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hastings Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (362 more) ...
- Raynis - Ford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gleason Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greensboro Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Lower Shaker Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Shaker Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Shaker Village, with the one closest to Lower Shaker Village listed first.
- Montcalm
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Montcalm is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montcalm
- Enfield
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Enfield Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Enfield Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enfield Center
- Lockehaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lockehaven is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockehaven
- West Canaan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Canaan is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Canaan
- East Plainfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Plainfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Plainfield
- Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Grantham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Canaan Street
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan Street is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Street
- Canaan Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canaan Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Etna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Etna is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Meriden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Hanover Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hanover Center is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Center
- Canaan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- White River Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Shaker Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Shaker Village.
Newspapers Published in Lower Shaker Village ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Shaker Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Shaker Village, 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 Lower Shaker Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Lower Shaker Village:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- 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> | 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- Lower Shaker Village) 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 Lower Shaker Village, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |