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 North Shore (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 North Shore. 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 North Shore ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Shore: N. Shore
You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Shore. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Shore.
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 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.
North Shore is located in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County: Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near North Shore. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Shore:
- Allegheny County (The home county of North Shore)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Soho
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Soho is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soho
- Woods Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woods Run is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run
- Mount Washington
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Washington is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Pittsburgh
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beltzhoover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beltzhoover is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltzhoover
- Allentown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Allentown is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
- Green Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crafton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ingram
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ingram is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,175 people
- Carrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carrick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick
- Dormont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairywood is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairywood
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Freeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Apollo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Aladdin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Aladdin is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aladdin
- Leechburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Apollo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Edmon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Orchard Hills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Orchard Hills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Hills
- McVille
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- McVille is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McVille
- Neale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Neale is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neale
- Slate Lick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Lick is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Lick
- Spring Church
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Beaver County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Ambridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Heights
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Heights is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Gringo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gringo is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gringo
- Crestmont Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crestmont Village is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmont Village
- Economy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Economy is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Economy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,022 people
- Aliquippa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Sheffield is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sheffield
- Wallace City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Wallace City is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace City
- Conway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Knob
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Knob is located in Beaver County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knob
- Freedom
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Valencia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Fields is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Fields
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,740 people
- Fox Run
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Mars
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fernway
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fernway is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernway
- Ogle
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ogle is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogle
- Glade Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Glade Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Mills
- Myoma
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Myoma is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myoma
- Callery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Watters
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Watters is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watters
- Brownsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brownsdale is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsdale
- Ekastown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Belle Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lynnwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lynnwood is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynnwood
- Arnold City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arnold City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold City
- Fairhope
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Fairhope is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhope
- Brownstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brownstown is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Fayette City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fayette City is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 569 people
- Newell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Newell is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
- Banning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Chamouni
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chamouni is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamouni
- Kenneth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kenneth is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenneth
- Fuller
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fuller is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fuller
- Redstone
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Redstone is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Thompsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsonville
- McMurray
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- MacDonald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- MacDonald is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacDonald
- McDonald
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Finleyville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gastonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Gastonville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonville
- Ellsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ellsworth is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 960 people
- Canonsburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cokeburg is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Midway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gilkeson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Gilkeson is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilkeson
- Candor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Candor is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candor
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Trafford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Arnold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Kensington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parnassus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parnassus is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnassus
- Murrysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Larimer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Larimer is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimer
- Shaner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shaner is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaner
- North Irwin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 780 people
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Lower Burrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Blackburn ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Blackburn is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackburn
- Irwin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Irwin is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,716 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <1>
- Columbiana County (OH)
- East End
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East End is located in Columbiana County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Brooke County (WV)
- Hooverson Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Hooverson Heights is located in Brooke County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverson Heights
- Hancock County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Fairhaven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fairhaven is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Lawrenceville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- New Manchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- New Manchester is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Manchester
- Weirton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zalia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Zalia is located in Hancock County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zalia
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Shore, see our County-by-County Page for North Shore.
Cemeteries Near North Shore ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Shore.
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 North Shore - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Shore covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Highwood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Uniondale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Union Dale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Dale Cemetery
- The Union Dale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hilldale Cemetery
- Mt. Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46547 <2>
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Martins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- German Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Paul Of The Cross Monastery Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Minersville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minersville Cemetery
- The Minersville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Minersville Missouri Synod Cemetery
- Minersville Lutheran Synod Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1725217 <2>
- Continue List (441 more) ...
- St. Paul's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgelawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
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 North Shore in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Shore.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Shore, with the one closest to North Shore listed first.
- Allegheny ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Allegheny is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegheny
- West End
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- West End is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Woods Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Woods Run is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Run
- Mount Washington
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mount Washington is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Pittsburgh
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Soho
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Soho is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soho
- Crafton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Banksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Banksville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Beltzhoover
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Beltzhoover is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltzhoover
- Arlington
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Arlington is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Ingram
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Ingram is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,175 people
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Carrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Carrick is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick
- Mount Oliver
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lawrenceville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Shore. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Shore.
Newspapers Published in North Shore ...
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 North Shore.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Shore, there are papers which were published within 7 miles [11.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Shore.
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 North Shore:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Allegheny County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Beaver County
- Butler County
- Fayette County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Columbiana County
- Brooke County
- Hancock 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 North Shore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Shore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |