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 Rings Corner (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 Rings Corner. 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 Rings Corner ...
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 Rings Corner: Rings Cor. (or less commonly used: Rings Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Rings Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Rings Corner may originally have been Ring's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Rings Corner might be written as Ring Corner.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Rings Corner is located in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County: Belknap, Grafton, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Rings Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rings Corner:
- Merrimack County (The home county of Rings Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Pittsfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Loudon Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Websters Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Chichester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Loudon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Epsom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Horse Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Horse Corner is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Corner
- Shaker Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- East Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Concord is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Concord
- Boyce
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Boyce is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
- Canterbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Allenstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Belknap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Barnstead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lower Gilmanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allens Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Mills is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Mills
- Gilmanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Belmont
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alton Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Alton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gardners Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
- Tilton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Laconia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Winnisquam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gilford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- South Wolfeboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Wolfeboro Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Wolfeboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brookfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brookfield is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
- Fernald
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- Stockbridge Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Wolfeboro Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wolfeboro Center is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfeboro Center
- Federal Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
- Tuftonboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Melvin Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Water Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Water Village is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Village
- North Wolfeboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolfeboro
- East Wakefield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Bristol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Alexandria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Alexandria
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ashland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgewater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Holderness
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hillsborough County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Massabesic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Massabesic is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massabesic
- Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Grasmere
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grasmere is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grasmere
- Pinardville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pinardville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinardville
- Goffstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Weare
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weare
- Weare
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Weare is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <2>
- Chase Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chase Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase Village
- Slab City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Slab City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Tavern Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tavern Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tavern Village
- Bedford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Deering
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Deering is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Deering
- New Boston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Northwood Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Deerfield Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Deerfield Center is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield Center
- Deerfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- James City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- James City is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James City
- Northwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Candia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- East Candia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Candia is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Candia
- Nottingham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Raymond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Epping
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brentwood Corners is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood Corners
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Strafford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dexter Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Bow Lake Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Lake Village is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bow Lake Village
- Bow Lake Village has also been known as:
- Bow Lake
- New Durham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Davis
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Strafford Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Place
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- Barrington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Middleton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- East Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Barrington is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Barrington
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Rochester
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Berwick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Acton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- South Berwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Eliot
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sanford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Springvale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mee Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- North Shapleigh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- Shapleigh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rings Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Rings Corner.
Cemeteries Near Rings Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rings Corner.
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 Rings Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rings Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Floral Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Floral Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Berry Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hodgdon Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shaw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Ground Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Blake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barnstead Parade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tilton Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Loudon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (368 more) ...
- Knowlton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Barnstead Centre Graveyard
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smith Meeting House Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Rings Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rings Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rings Corner, with the one closest to Rings Corner listed first.
- Pittsfield
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Websters Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Websters Mill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Websters Mill
- Loudon Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- North Chichester
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Chichester is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chichester
- Barnstead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chichester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lower Gilmanton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lower Gilmanton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Gilmanton
- Loudon
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gossville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gossville is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gossville
- Center Barnstead
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Epsom
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Barnstead
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- South Barnstead is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barnstead
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Short Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Short Falls is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Falls
- Gilmanton Iron Works, Gilmanton Iw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmanton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rings Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rings Corner.
Newspapers Published in Rings Corner ...
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 233 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rings Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rings Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rings Corner.
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 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 Rings Corner:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Merrimack County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- York 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> | 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 Rings Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Rings Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |