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 Shado-Wood Village (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 Shado-Wood Village. 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 Shado-Wood Village ...
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 Shado-Wood Village: Shado Wood Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.
Shado-Wood Village is located in Indiana 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 Indiana County: Armstrong, Cambria, Clearfield, Jefferson & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Shado-Wood Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shado-Wood Village:
- Indiana County (The home county of Shado-Wood Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Indiana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ben Avon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ben Avon is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Avon
- Chevy Chase Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chevy Chase Heights is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevy Chase Heights
- Smathers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Lucerne Mines
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lucerne Mines is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucerne Mines
- Aultman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aultman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aultman
- Shelocta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Homer City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Parkwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Creekside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Waterman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waterman is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterman
- Jacksonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Sligo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sligo is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
- Karns
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Karns is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karns
- Natrona
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Natrona is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natrona
- Brackenridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Texas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Texas is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Texas
- Plum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Plum is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,993 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plum <1>
- Tarentum
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Leechburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Leechburg is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechburg
- Springdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Elderton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Olivet
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Olivet is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
- Whitesburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitesburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Barnards
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Blanco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blanco is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Rural Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesboro is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesboro
- Cochrans Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cochrans Mills is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mills
- Spring Church
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bryan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bryan is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
- Edmon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Edmon is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmon
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Leasureville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Leasureville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leasureville
- Monroe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Monroe is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Dennys Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dennys Mills is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennys Mills
- Ekastown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ekastown is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekastown
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- White Mill Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- White Mill Crossing is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Mill Crossing
- Vintondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vintondale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 367 people
- Belsano
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Belsano is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belsano
- Twin Rocks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wilmore
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cardiff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cardiff is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Nicktown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Garmantown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Pindleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pindleton is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pindleton
- Nanty Glo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnesboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Colver
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Fairmont City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hawthorn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- New Bethlehem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Leatherwood is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
- Lawsonham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lawsonham is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsonham
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Burnside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Sylvis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- New Washington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Mahaffey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Valier
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Punxsutawney
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oliveburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Timblin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Timblin is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timblin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
- Albion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Winslow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Worthville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Worthville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 65 people
- Langville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Langville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langville
- Pansy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pansy is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Coolspring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Tire Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Thomas Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mill
- Davidsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Laurel Mountain Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Livermore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Livermore is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Burrell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Burrell is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burrell
- Avonmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bolivar
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Seward
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salina
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Florence
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Derry
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Fairfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- New Alexandria
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Derry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Derry is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,495 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derry <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shado-Wood Village, see our County-by-County Page for Shado-Wood Village.
Cemeteries Near Shado-Wood Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shado-Wood Village.
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 Shado-Wood Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shado-Wood Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Oakland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Bernards Cemetery
- The St. Bernards Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Bernards of Clairvoux Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45990 <2>
- Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smathers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- McIntire Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kunkle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Speedy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coral Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Coral Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Coral.
- The Coral Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutheran Chapel Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129169 <2>
- Cherryhill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Crooked Creek Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Continue List (234 more) ...
- West Lebanon Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Plum Creek Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Frye Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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 Shado-Wood Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shado-Wood Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shado-Wood Village, with the one closest to Shado-Wood Village listed first.
- Crete
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Crete is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crete
- Indiana
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Two Lick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Two Lick is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Lick
- Smathers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Smathers is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smathers
- Homer City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shelocta
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Parkwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Parkwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkwood
- Creekside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Creekside is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 288 people
- Graceton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Graceton is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceton
- Advance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Kimmel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kimmel is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Chambersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chambersville is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambersville
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Saltsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Brush Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Brush Valley is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Valley
- Onberg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Onberg is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onberg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shado-Wood Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shado-Wood Village.
Newspapers Published in Shado-Wood Village ...
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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shado-Wood Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shado-Wood Village, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shado-Wood Village.
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 websites either 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 Shado-Wood Village:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Indiana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Cambria County
- Clarion County
- Clearfield County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence 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> | 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 Shado-Wood Village, 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' (or 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- Shado-Wood Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |