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 Nuttings Beach (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 Nuttings Beach. 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 Nuttings Beach ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Nuttings Beach: Nuttings Bch.
- While the name of this community is Nuttings Beach, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Nuttings Beach may originally have been Nutting's Beach.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Nuttings Beach might be written as Nutting Beach.
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.
Nuttings Beach 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 Nuttings Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Nuttings Beach:
- Grafton County (The home county of Nuttings Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- Hebron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alexandria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bridgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Groton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Groton
- South Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Ashland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Quincy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rumney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Grafton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Orange
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Orange is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- New Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Winona is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Gaza
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Meredith
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sanbornton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Center Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Interlaken Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
- Tilton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Winnisquam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laconia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gardners Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Gilford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- Big Rock Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
- Chicks Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
- Moultonborough
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sandwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sandwich is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- North Sandwich
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Melvin Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Whiteface
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteface is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
- Tuftonboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- South Tamworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Tamworth is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Tamworth
- Ferncroft
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ferncroft is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferncroft
- Wonalancet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Wonalancet is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wonalancet
- Federal Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
- Whittier
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whittier is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittier
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- Hill Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Danbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- East Andover
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- East Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- Andover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Potter Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Potter Place is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Place
- West Andover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Wilmot
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmot Flat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wilmot Flat is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot Flat
- Northfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elkins
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Elkins is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- New London
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- Springfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Twin Lakes Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- North Grantham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Grantham is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Grantham
- Georges Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grantham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fernwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fernwood is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
- Croydon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
- Lower Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Village
- Sunapee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Meriden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Meriden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meriden
- Croydon Flat
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Croydon Flat is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croydon Flat
- Newport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Orange County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- Ely
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ely is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
- Fairlee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Union Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Union Village is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Village
- Thetford Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thetford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thetford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thetford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,525 people
- Fairlee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Post Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Post Mills is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Mills
- West Fairlee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairlee is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairlee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
- Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bradford is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,684 people
- South Newbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Newbury is located in Orange County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newbury
- Windsor County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- Pompanoosuc
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pompanoosuc is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompanoosuc
- Lewiston ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lewiston is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Wilder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Norwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,401 people
- Norwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- White River Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- White River Junction is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River Junction
- Hartford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Hartland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- North Hartland is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hartland
- Hartford
(29 miles [46.7 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
- West Norwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Norwich is located in Windsor County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwich
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Nuttings Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Nuttings Beach.
Cemeteries Near Nuttings Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nuttings Beach.
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 Nuttings Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nuttings Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Whittemores Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Linfield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pratt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pitman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Burns Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Homeland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Homeland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rhoades Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Webster Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Webster Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southwest of Ashland.
- Continue List (225 more) ...
- Green Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Trinity Churchyard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Groton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<5>
While we didn't find Nuttings Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nuttings Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Nuttings Beach, with the one closest to Nuttings Beach listed first.
- Hebron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Hebron
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Hebron is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hebron
- Alexandria
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bridgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Alexandria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- New Hampton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Groton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Groton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Groton
- West Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Plymouth is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Plymouth
- Ashland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plymouth
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Quincy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Quincy is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
- East Grafton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Grafton is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grafton
- Rumney Depot
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Rumney Depot is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumney Depot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Nuttings Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Nuttings Beach.
Newspapers Published in Nuttings Beach ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nuttings Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nuttings Beach, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nuttings Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Nuttings Beach:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Grafton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Merrimack County
- Sullivan County
- Orange County
- Windsor County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Hampshire
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Nuttings Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Nuttings Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |