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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 Griesemersville (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 Griesemersville. 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 southwest 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 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.

Griesemersville is located in Berks County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties 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 Griesemersville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Griesemersville:

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

Cemeteries Near Griesemersville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Griesemersville.

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 Griesemersville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Oley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lesher Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lesher Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lesher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Young - Kissling Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Young - Kissling Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Young - Kissling Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Friedens Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • DeTurk Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the DeTurk Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the DeTurk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hill Church Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hill Church Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hill Church Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain Marys Grave
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Marys Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Marys Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spies Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (374 more) ...

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, Griesemersville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Spangsville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spangsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangsville
    • Spangsville is located in Berks County
  • Limekiln
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Yellow House
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Earlville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earlville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
    • Earlville is located in Berks County
  • Manatawny
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Oley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Stonersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shanesville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shanesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shanesville
    • Shanesville is located in Berks County
  • Pikeville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lobachsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Worman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Worman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worman
    • Worman is located in Berks County
  • Basket
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basket have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket
    • Basket is located in Berks County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Jacksonwald
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Baumstown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baumstown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baumstown
      • Baumstown is located in Berks County
    • Greshville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greshville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greshville
      • Greshville is located in Berks County

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

Newspapers Published in Griesemersville ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Griesemersville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Griesemersville, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Griesemersville.

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 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 Griesemersville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Griesemersville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Berks County: www.co.berks.pa.us/

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.
<2>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.
<3>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.
<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- Griesemersville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Griesemersville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.3542, Longitude: -75.7564       In this case, the coordinates for Griesemersville 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 Griesemersville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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