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 Merlin (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 Merlin. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Merlin is located in Chester 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 Chester County : New Castle (DE) , Cecil (MD) , Berks , Delaware , Lancaster & Montgomery .
Below are the counties that are near Merlin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merlin:
Chester County (The home county of Merlin)
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Pikeland (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pikeland is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeland Pickering (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Pickering is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering West Pikeland (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
West Pikeland is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pikeland Chester Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Williams Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Williams Corner is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner Phoenixville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Sheeder (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sheeder is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeder Bacton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bacton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacton Anselma (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Anselma is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselma Seven Stars (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Seven Stars is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars Mill Lane (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Mill Lane is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Lane Matthews (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Matthews is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews Exton (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Allegheny County
Overbrook (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Overbrook is located in Allegheny County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overbrook Berks County
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Bally (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Colebrookdale (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Colebrookdale is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrookdale Ironstone (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Ironstone is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironstone Amity Gardens (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Amity Gardens is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Gardens Monocacy (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Monocacy is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monocacy Kenneys (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Kenneys is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneys Geigertown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Geigertown is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigertown Joanna (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Joanna is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joanna Boyertown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Indian Springs Village (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
Birdsboro (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Scarlets Mill is located in Berks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarlets Mill Morgantown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Bucks County
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Argus (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Argus is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argus Derstines (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Derstines is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derstines Fairhill (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Fairhill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhill Fairhill has also been known as:
Schnabletown Snoveltown Sellersville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
Chalfont (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Selsie Village is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selsie Village Silverdale (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Trumbauersville (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Milford Square (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Milford Square is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford Square Perkasie (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Rich Hill (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
Rich Hill is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Hill Castle Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Castle Valley is located in Bucks County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley New Britain (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
Delaware County
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Radnor Station (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Radnor Station is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radnor Station Saint Davids (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Wayne (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Edgemont (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Edgemont is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont Radnor (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Green Countrie Village (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Ithan (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Ithan is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithan Glen Mills (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
Marple (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Marple is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marple Montrose Village (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Montrose Village is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose Village Rosemont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Broomall (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Lima (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Lima is located in Delaware County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Indiana County
Ernest (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Ernest is located in Indiana County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ernest Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
Lancaster County
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Churchtown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Beartown (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
Beartown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown Meadville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
Meadville is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadville East Earl (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Christiana (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
Blue Ball (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Gap (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Buyerstown (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Buyerstown is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buyerstown Terre Hill (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Weaverland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Weaverland is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaverland Smyrna (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Smyrna is located in Lancaster County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna Kinzers (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
New Holland (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
Lehigh County
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Hosensack (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Hosensack is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hosensack Powder Valley (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Powder Valley is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powder Valley Dillingerville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Dillingerville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillingerville Dillingerville has also been known as:
Dillinger Dillingers Ville Dillingers Dillingersville Stahlers Old Zionsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Old Zionsville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Zionsville Zionsville (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Hensingersville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Hensingersville is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hensingersville Alburtis (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Limeport (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Limeport is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limeport Macungie (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Coopersburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Ancient Oaks is located in Lehigh County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oaks Emmaus (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Montgomery County
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Port Providence (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Port Providence is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Providence Mingo (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Mingo is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mingo Royersford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Audubon (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Collegeville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Trappe (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
King - of - Prussia (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Trooper (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Limerick (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Sanatoga (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Eagleville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Evansburg (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Evansburg is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansburg Brandywine Village (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
Brandywine Village is located in Montgomery County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandywine Village Philadelphia County
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Roxborough (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Roxborough is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxborough Chestnut Hill (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Chestnut Hill is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestnut Hill Highland (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Highland is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Manayunk (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Manayunk is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manayunk Allen Lane (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Allen Lane is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Lane Upsal (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Upsal is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upsal Germantown (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Germantown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown Pittville (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Pittville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittville Somerville ‑ Historic(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Somerville is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville Wayne Junction (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
Wayne Junction is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Junction Bartram Village (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Bartram Village is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartram Village Branchtown ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Branchtown is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchtown Fern Rock Station ‑ Historic(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
Fern Rock Station is located in Philadelphia County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Rock Station New Castle County (DE)
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Centreville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Arden (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Arden is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden Population from the 2020 Census: 436 people
Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arden <1>
Ardentown (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Ardentown is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardentown Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
Carpenter (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Carpenter is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenter Talleyville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
White Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
White Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Village Whites Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Whites Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites Village Winterthur (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Yorklyn (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
Analine Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Analine Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Analine Village Aniline Village (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Aniline Village is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aniline Village Ardencroft (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Ardencroft is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardencroft Population from the 2020 Census: 218 people
Ashland (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
Ashland is located in New Castle County (DE) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Cecil County (MD)
Appleton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Appleton is located in Cecil County (MD) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton Burlington County (NJ)
Riverton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Riverton is located in Burlington County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton Population from the 2020 Census: 2,686 people
Camden County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Ablett Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
Ablett Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ablett Village Camden (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Camden is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden Population from the 2020 Census: 73,740 people
Morgan Village (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Morgan Village is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Village Brooklawn (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Brooklawn is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklawn Population from the 2020 Census: 1,893 people
Gloucester City (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Gloucester City is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester City Population from the 2020 Census: 11,190 people
Wood - Lynne (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Wood - Lynne is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood - Lynne Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
Delair (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Delair is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delair Pennsauken (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Pennsauken is located in Camden County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennsauken Gloucester County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Bridgeport (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Bridgeport is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport Cooper (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Cooper is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Gibbstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Gibbstown is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbstown Beckett (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Beckett is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckett Red Bank (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Red Bank is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank Thorofare (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Thorofare is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorofare Mickleton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Mickleton is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mickleton Parkville (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Parkville is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville North Woodbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
North Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Woodbury Woodbury (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Woodbury is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury Population from the 2020 Census: 9,813 people
Centre City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Centre City is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre City Mantua (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Mantua is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mantua Oak Valley (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
Oak Valley is located in Gloucester County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Valley Salem County (NJ)
The following are listed by their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Carneys Point (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
Carneys Point is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carneys Point Auburn (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Auburn is located in Salem County (NJ) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merlin, see our County-by-County Page for Merlin .
Cemeteries Near Merlin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merlin.
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 Merlin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Merlin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
St. Ann Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Ebenezer AME Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer AME Cemetery The Ebenezer AME Cemetery has also been known as:
Chester Valley AME Cemetery Valley Hill Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2351899 <2>
Philadelphia Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Haym Salomon Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Morris Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Sacred Heart Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Holy Trinity Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Revolutionary Soldiers Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
St. Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> Spring City . The St. Vincent United Church of Christ Cemetery has also been known as:
St. Vincent German Reformed Cemetery Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176817 <2>
Salem Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
B'nai Jacob Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Continue List (440 more) ...
Black Rock Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Vincent Mennonite Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
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, Merlin had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merlin, with the one closest to Merlin listed first.
Hallman (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hallman is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallman Kimberton (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Pikeland (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pikeland is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeland Chester Springs (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
West Pikeland (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
West Pikeland is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pikeland Aldham (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Aldham is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldham Pickering (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Pickering is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickering Ironsides (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Ironsides is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironsides Anselma (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Anselma is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anselma Bacton (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Bacton is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacton Devault (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Devault is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devault Cedar Hollow (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Cedar Hollow is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hollow Continue List (26 more) ...
Williams Corner (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Williams Corner is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner Phoenixville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Sheeder (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Sheeder is located in Chester County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheeder
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merlin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merlin .
Newspapers Published in Merlin ...
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 Merlin.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merlin, there are papers which were published within 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> Extended Newspaper List for Merlin.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Merlin:
Websites specific to Pennsylvania Pages specific to Chester County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Allegheny County Berks County Bucks County Delaware County Indiana County Lancaster County Lehigh County Montgomery County Philadelphia County New Castle County Cecil County Burlington County Camden County Gloucester County Salem County Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Merlin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Chester County: https://www.chesco.org/
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. 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 . 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 from Point A (ie- Merlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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 Merlin, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.