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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 Alsace Manor (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 Alsace Manor. 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 Alsace Manor ...
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 Alsace Manor: Alsace Mnr.
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 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 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.
Alsace Manor is located in Berks County .
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Berks County : Chester , Lancaster , Lebanon , Lehigh , Montgomery & Schuylkill .
Below are the counties that are near Alsace Manor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alsace Manor:
Berks County (The home county of Alsace Manor)
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
South Temple (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
South Temple is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Temple Oley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Georgetown Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Georgetown Village is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown Village Laureldale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Temple (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Fleetwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Limekiln (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Limekiln is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln Ontelaunee (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Ontelaunee is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontelaunee Tuckerton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Tuckerton is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerton Kirbyville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Kirbyville is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville Jacksonwald (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Jacksonwald is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonwald Mount Penn (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Reading (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Steinsburg (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Steinsburg is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinsburg Milford Square (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Argus (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Trumbauersville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Zionhill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
Zionhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zionhill Hilltop (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Hilltop is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Shelly (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Shelly is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelly Quakertown (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Rich Hill (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Passer (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Passer is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Passer Richlandtown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
Derstines (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Perkasie (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Carbon County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Germans (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Germans is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germans Ashfield (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Ashfield is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashfield New Mahoning (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
New Mahoning is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Mahoning Kittatinny (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Kittatinny is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittatinny Lansford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mertz Town (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Mertz Town is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertz Town Hazard (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Hazard is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Bowmanstown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Lehighton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Parryville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Weissport (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Palmerton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Palmerton is located in Carbon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmerton Population from the 2020 Census: 5,321 people
Chester County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Pottstown Landing (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Pottstown Landing is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottstown Landing South Pottstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
South Pottstown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pottstown Elverson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
Kenilworth (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Kenilworth is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth Knauertown (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Knauertown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown Loag (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
Loag is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag Bucktown (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Bucktown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown Coventryville (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Coventryville is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville Fricks Lock (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
Fricks Lock is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fricks Lock Isabella (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Isabella is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella Nantmeal Village (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Nantmeal Village is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nantmeal Village Pughtown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Pughtown is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pughtown Slonaker (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Slonaker is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slonaker Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Blainsport (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Blainsport is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Denver (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Reamstown (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Red Run (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
Red Run is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run Churchtown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Cocalico (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Cocalico is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico Terre Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
Beartown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Stevens (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Blue Ball (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
East Earl (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Ephrata (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Lebanon County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Newmanstown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Sheridan (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Sheridan is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Stricklerstown (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown Richland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Myerstown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Schaefferstown (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Johnstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Johnstown is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown Greble (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Greble is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble Prescott (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Prescott is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott Avon Heights (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights Mount Zion (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion Avon (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Avon is located in Lebanon County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Cornwall (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
New Smithville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
New Smithville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville Alburtis (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Hynemansville (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville Weisenberg (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg Stines Corner (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner Seipstown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Seipstown is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown Wallner ‑ Historic(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
Wallner is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallner Ancient Oaks (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Macungie (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Old Zionsville (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Jacksonville (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville Chapman (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Chapman is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman Luzerne County
Newtown (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
Newtown is located in Luzerne County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
West Pottsgrove (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove Congo (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Congo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo Gilbertsville (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Bramcote (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Bramcote is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote Halfway House (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Halfway House is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House Stowe (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Pottstown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
New Hanover (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove Anise (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Anise is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anise Fruitville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Fruitville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitville Palm (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Fagleysville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Fagleysville is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagleysville Northampton County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Lockport (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Lockport is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport North Catasauqua (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
North Catasauqua is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Catasauqua Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
Northampton (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Seidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seidersville Star Village (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Star Village is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Village Walnutport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
Leithsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Leithsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leithsville Berlinsville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Berlinsville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinsville Cherryville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Hanover (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Hanover is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Hellertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Howertown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Howertown is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howertown Howertown has also been known as:
Hauertown Howardtown Howartown Howeton Kreidersville (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Kreidersville is located in Northampton County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreidersville Schuylkill County
The following are listed by their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Port Clinton (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Auburn (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Deer Lake is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
Rauschs (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
Rauschs is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauschs Jefferson (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Rene Mont (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Rene Mont is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rene Mont Aucheys (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys Landingville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Landingville is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landingville Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
New Ringgold (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Lake Wynonah (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah McKeansburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
McKeansburg is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKeansburg Orwigsburg (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Summit Station (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alsace Manor, see our County-by-County Page for Alsace Manor .
Cemeteries Near Alsace Manor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alsace Manor.
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 Alsace Manor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alsace Manor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Salem Shalters Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Spies Zion Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spies Zion Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Spies Zion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> Laureldale . The Spies Zion Cemetery has also been known as:
Zions Spies Evangelical Reformed Church Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1323059 <3>
Zion Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Johns Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Gethsemane Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Maidencreek Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Friedens Church Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Church Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Oley . The Friedens Church Cemetery has also been known as:
Friedens Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2211517 <3>
St. Pauls Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Laureldale Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Charles Evans Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Union Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (352 more) ...
Fleetwood Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Good Shepherd Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
St. Peters Catholic Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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 Alsace Manor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alsace Manor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alsace Manor, with the one closest to Alsace Manor listed first.
Basket (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Basket is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket Bernharts (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Bernharts is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernharts Pricetown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Pricetown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pricetown Frush Valley (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Frush Valley is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frush Valley Laureldale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Stony Creek Mills (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Stony Creek Mills is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek Mills Oley (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Blandon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Maiden Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Maiden Creek is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maiden Creek Walnuttown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Walnuttown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnuttown Temple (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Muhlenberg (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Muhlenberg is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muhlenberg Continue List (22 more) ...
Limekiln (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Limekiln is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limekiln Fleetwood (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Berkley (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Berkley is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alsace Manor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alsace Manor .
Newspapers Published in Alsace Manor ...
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 126 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alsace Manor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alsace Manor, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Alsace Manor.
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 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 Alsace Manor:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Berks County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bucks County Carbon County Chester County Lancaster County Lebanon County Lehigh County Luzerne County Montgomery County Northampton County Schuylkill County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alsace Manor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Berks County: https://www.berkspa.gov/
The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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- Alsace Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 . 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 Alsace Manor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.