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 Ryeland (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 Ryeland. 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 and hospitals 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.
Ryeland is located in Berks 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 Berks County: Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery & Schuylkill.
Below are the counties that are near Ryeland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ryeland:
- Berks County (The home county of Ryeland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Womelsdorf
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Robesonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Heidelberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Brownsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brownsville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Phoebe Berks Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wernersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Bernville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- New Schaefferstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Mount Aetna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sinking Spring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rehrersburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Cambridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Elverson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Honey Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Suplee
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Cupola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cupola is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cupola
- Isabella
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Isabella is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
- Loag
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Loag is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loag
- Birdell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Birdell is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdell
- Compass
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Rockville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Knauertown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Knauertown is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knauertown
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Bachmanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Grantville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hershey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shellsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Union Deposit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Williamstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hummelstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Manadahill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Skyline View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Dayton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Middletown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Cocalico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Blainsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Denver
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Stevens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hopeland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Reamstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Brickerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Poplar Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Ephrata
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Red Run
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Red Run is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Run
- Brunnerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Newmanstown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sheridan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Stricklerstown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Stricklerstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stricklerstown
- Richland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Myerstown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Schaefferstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Prescott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Prescott is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Greble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Greble is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
- Avon Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Avon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Mount Zion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
- Lehigh County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- New Smithville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Smithville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Smithville
- Stines Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
- Hynemansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hynemansville is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hynemansville
- Weisenberg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weisenberg is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weisenberg
- Seipstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Seipstown is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seipstown
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Bramcote
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bramcote is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramcote
- West Pottsgrove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pottsgrove
- Stowe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Halfway House
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Halfway House is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway House
- Pottstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gilbertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pottsgrove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsgrove
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Moyers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Summit Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- Aucheys
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Aucheys is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aucheys
- Jefferson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jefferson is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Lake Wynonah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lake Wynonah is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wynonah
- Marstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Auburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Friedensburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Port Clinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Irving
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Paradise
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- East Prospect
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Wrightsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ryeland, see our County-by-County Page for Ryeland.
Cemeteries Near Ryeland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ryeland.
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 Ryeland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ryeland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- United Evangelical Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Conrad Weiser Gravesite
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Womelsdorf Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Heidelberg Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reeds Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Cemetery
- The Reeds Cemetery has also been known as:
- Zions Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45852 <2>
- Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Blainsport Mennonite Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Blainsport.
- The Blainsport Evangelical United Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Blainsport Cemetery
- Blainsport Meetinghouse Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193208 <2>
- Hains Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Stump Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Host Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Horst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horst Cemetery
- The Horst Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snavely Cemetery
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Bernville.
- The Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Northkill Churchyard Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1498818 <2>
- Lapps Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Ryeland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ryeland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ryeland, with the one closest to Ryeland listed first.
- Womelsdorf
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Womelsdorf Station
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Womelsdorf Station is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf Station
- Newmanstown
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Robesonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sheridan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sheridan is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
- Millbach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Millbach is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbach
- North Heidelberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Stouchsburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stouchsburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stouchsburg
- Cocalico
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
- Host
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Host is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Host
- Kricks Mill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Kricks Mill is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kricks Mill
- Kleinfeltersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Blainsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
- Wernersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reistville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Reistville is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reistville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ryeland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ryeland.
Newspapers Published in Ryeland ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ryeland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ryeland, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ryeland.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ryeland:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Berks County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chester County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Lehigh County
- Luzerne County
- Montgomery County
- Schuylkill County
- York 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 Ryeland, 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- Ryeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |