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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 Pickering (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 Pickering. 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 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.

Pickering is located in Strafford County.

To see how the shape of New Hampshire's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Strafford County: York (ME), Belknap, Carroll, Merrimack & Rockingham.

Below are the counties that are near Pickering. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pickering:

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

Cemeteries Near Pickering ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pickering.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Mont - Calvaire Cimetiere
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mont - Calvaire Cimetiere
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mont - Calvaire Cimetiere have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Haven Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haven Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haven Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Charles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Charles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hussy Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forest Glade Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Somersworth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Somersworth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Somersworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Calvaire Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Cimetiere Du Ste. Rosaire Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cimetiere Du Ste. Rosaire Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cimetiere Du Ste. Rosaire Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Allen Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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    • Rochester Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rochester Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rochester Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Capon Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capon Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Capon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Locke Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locke Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locke Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pickering had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Gonic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gonic have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonic
    • Gonic is located in Strafford County
  • East Barrington
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Barrington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
    • East Barrington is located in Strafford County
  • Rochester
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Somersworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Berwick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Barrington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Madbury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madbury have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madbury
    • Madbury is located in Strafford County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,879 people
  • Sawyers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyers
    • Sawyers is located in Strafford County
  • Dover
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • East Rochester
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • South Barrington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Barrington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barrington
    • South Barrington is located in Strafford County
  • Strafford Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Pickering ...

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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pickering.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pickering, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pickering.

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 helpful 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 Pickering:

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pickering) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pickering. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2521, Longitude: -70.9526       In this case, the coordinates for Pickering have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 Pickering, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.