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 Lovely (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 Lovely. 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 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.
Lovely is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Lovely. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lovely:
- Bedford County (The home county of Lovely)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Pavia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Pleasantville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Osterburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- King
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- New Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Salemville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Maria
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Maria is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maria
- New Enterprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Enterprise is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Enterprise
- Wolfsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wolfsburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsburg
- Loysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waterside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Waterside is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterside
- Schellsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Cotton Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Blue Knob
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Claysburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Puzzletown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Brooks Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- Roaring Spring
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharpsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Newry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Duncansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Cross Keys
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Hollidaysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Dunlo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Beaverdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Puritan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Salix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Sidman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Portage
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sonman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sonman is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonman
- Spring Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Saint Michael
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Michael is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
- Bens Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bens Creek is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bens Creek
- Oil City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oil City is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Scarlan Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Scarlan Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlan Hill
- Scalp Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Scalp Level is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalp Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Wells Tannery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Valley-Hi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Akersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Crystal Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Emmaville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Waterfall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Laidig
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Middletown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Coalmont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Dudley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Entriken
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Broad Top City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Salter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Robertsdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Marklesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Cooks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Joller ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Kimmel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Todd
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Todd is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Todd
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Rexis
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Wehrum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Armagh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dilltown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Ogletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Windber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Central City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paint
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Forward
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- Buckstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- Benson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Blough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Hooversville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Tire Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- New Baltimore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Davidsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hollsopple
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Robb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- Seward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Florence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Laurel Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
- Laurel Mountain Park
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lovely, see our County-by-County Page for Lovely.
Cemeteries Near Lovely ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lovely.
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 Lovely - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lovely covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stiefler Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fishertown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St.s Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holsinger Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Beaverdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171430 <2>
- Burger Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Creek Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dunmyer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schellsburg Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schellsburg Cemetery
- The Schellsburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
- Old Log Church Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964953 <2>
- Continue List (208 more) ...
- Bedford Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sidman Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Michael Catholic Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Sidman.
- The St. Michael Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Michael Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2181255 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lovely had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lovely, with the one closest to Lovely listed first.
- Alum Bank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spring Meadow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Meadow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
- Pavia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Osterburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fishertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Queen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Queen is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
- Crumb
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crumb is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumb
- Springhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Springhope is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhope
- King
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- New Paris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cessna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cessna is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Saint Clairsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dunlo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Point is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Oppenheimer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oppenheimer is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppenheimer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lovely. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lovely.
Newspapers Published in Lovely ...
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 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lovely.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lovely, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lovely.
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 Lovely:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lovely) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lovely, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |