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 East Berwick (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 East Berwick. 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 East Berwick ...
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 East Berwick: E. Berwick
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Berwick. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Berwick.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
East Berwick is located in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near East Berwick. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Berwick:
- Luzerne County (The home county of East Berwick)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Nescopeck
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beach Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Waterton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waterton is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterton
- Shickshinny
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Huntington Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- New Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- New Columbus is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Sybertsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Register
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Register is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register
- Lee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lee is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Tomhicken
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
- Conyngham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Tresckow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Coxes Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Beaver Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Weatherly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lansford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Nesquehoning
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Summit Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Side
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Penn Haven Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Mud Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Berwick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Foundryville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Hetlerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Briar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Mifflinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jonestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Lime Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Zaner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Shumans
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Almedia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Stillwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mainville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Richarts Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richarts Grove is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richarts Grove
- Unityville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Biggerstown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggerstown
- Lungerville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lungerville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lungerville
- Lairdsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Beaver Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Lake is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Lake
- Muncy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Mechanicsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Danville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Mooresburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Mount Carmel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
- Dooleyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
- Elysburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Natalie is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
- Alaska
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alaska is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Marion Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marion Heights is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 573 people
- Riverside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kulpmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
- Reed
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Reed is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed
- Rushtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Rushtown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushtown
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Nuremberg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Zion Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oneida
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Ferndale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ferndale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
- Sheppton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Brandonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Krebs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Krebs is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Ringtown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Girard Manor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Kelayres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- Lofty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- McAdoo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Long Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Long Brook is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Brook
- Beech Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Glen is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Glen
- Sonestown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Laporte
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bernice
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bernice is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernice
- Shinerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Shinerville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinerville
- Eagles Mere
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Noxen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Beaumont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Evans Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Vernon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Berwick, see our County-by-County Page for East Berwick.
Cemeteries Near East Berwick ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Berwick.
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 East Berwick - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Berwick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greek Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Roselawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Zion Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Brown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dodson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Groover Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Old Ebenezer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elan Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Graveyard Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Scott Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Zion 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.<3>
While we didn't find East Berwick in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Berwick.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Berwick, with the one closest to East Berwick listed first.
- Berwick
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Nescopeck
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beach Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beach Haven is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach Haven
- Briar Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Hetlerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Evansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Mifflinville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Briggsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Briggsville is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Wapwallopen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Willow Springs is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Mountain Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Fowlersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fowlersville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Lime Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Rock Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Mocanaqua
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Berwick. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Berwick.
Newspapers Published in East Berwick ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Berwick.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Berwick, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Berwick.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 East Berwick:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Schuylkill County
- Sullivan County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 East Berwick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- East Berwick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |