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 Weirs 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 Weirs 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 Weirs 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Weirs Beach: Weirs Bch.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Weirs Beach is located in Belknap 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 Belknap County: Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack & Strafford.
Below are the counties that are near Weirs Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Weirs Beach:
- Belknap County (The home county of Weirs Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- Interlaken Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Interlaken Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken Park
- Meredith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wildwood Village is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Village
- Glendale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Laconia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Center Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Winona
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Winona is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
- Samoset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Samoset is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samoset
- Winnisquam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spring Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- Gaza
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- Melvin Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moultonborough
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tuftonboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Big Rock Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Big Rock Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock Corner
- Federal Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Federal Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Corner
- Wolfeboro Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Wolfeboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sandwich
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sandwich is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,367 people
- Stockbridge Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Stockbridge Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge Corner
- Chicks Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chicks Corner is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chicks Corner
- Fernald
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fernald is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernald
- South Wolfeboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Wolfeboro is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wolfeboro
- Grafton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- Ashland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Holderness
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgewater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Bristol
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Plymouth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alexandria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Campton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Alexandria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Alexandria is located in Grafton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Alexandria
- Hebron
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Campton Lower Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Campton Upper Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Groton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Merrimack County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hill is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
- Northfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hill Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Center
- Shaker Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shaker Village is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- East Andover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Andover is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Andover
- Canterbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Loudon Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Loudon Center is located in Merrimack County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loudon Center
- Salisbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Danbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boscawen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Andover
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rockingham County
- Northwood Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood Ridge is located in Rockingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood Ridge
- Strafford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- New Durham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Davis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Davis is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis
- Middleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middleton is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,832 people
- Dexter Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dexter Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter Corner
- Strafford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Milton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Place is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Place
- North Rochester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Rochester is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rochester
- Bow Lake Village
(29 miles [46.7 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
- Strafford Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Strafford Corner is located in Strafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strafford Corner
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- Twin Lakes Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes Village is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes Village
- Springfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,348 people
- Oxford County (ME)
- Porter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Porter is located in Oxford County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,525 people
- York County (ME)
- The following are listed by their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- South Effingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Effingham is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Effingham
- Stevens Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stevens Corner is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Mee Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Mee Corners is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mee Corners
- West Newfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Parsonsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Acton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Parsonsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Parsonsfield is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Parsonsfield
- North Shapleigh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Shapleigh is located in York County (ME)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Shapleigh
- Newfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Weirs Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Weirs Beach.
Cemeteries Near Weirs Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weirs 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 Weirs Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Weirs Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- Doe Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Old Town Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mead Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Round Bay Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bayside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- McCoy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eastman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (205 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Weirs Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Weirs Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Weirs Beach, with the one closest to Weirs Beach listed first.
- Meredith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laconia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gilford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Shore Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Shore Park is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore Park
- Center Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Sanbornton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Sanbornton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sanbornton
- Gaza
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gaza is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaza
- Spring Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Haven is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Haven
- West Alton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Alton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alton
- East Tilton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Tilton is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Tilton
- Mirror Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Melvin Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- New Hampton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sanbornton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gardners Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gardners Grove is located in Belknap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardners Grove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Weirs Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Weirs Beach.
Newspapers Published in Weirs 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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weirs Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weirs Beach, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weirs Beach.
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 Weirs Beach:
- Websites specific to New Hampshire
- Pages specific to Belknap County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Grafton County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan County
- Oxford County
- York 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> | 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 Weirs Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Weirs Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |