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 Wech Corners (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 Wech Corners. 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 Wech Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Wech Corners: Wech Cors.
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.
Wech Corners is located in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County: Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Monroe, Schuylkill, Sullivan & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Wech Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wech Corners:
- Luzerne County (The home county of Wech Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Glen Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Mountain Top
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Albert
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Albert is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert
- Sugar Notch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Warrior Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Ashley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Concrete City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Concrete City is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concrete City
- Laurel Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Nanticoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- White Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dorrance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dorrance is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
- Slocum Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Slocum Corners is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum Corners
- Carbon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- East Side
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Side is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Side
- Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
- Leslie Run
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Leslie Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie Run
- Coxes Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Coxes Village is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxes Village
- Coxes Village has also been known as:
- Cross Village
- Weatherly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mud Run
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Run is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Run
- Beaver Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Hudsondale is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudsondale
- Tresckow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tresckow is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
- Penn Haven Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Haven Junction is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Haven Junction
- Unionville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unionville is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Albrightsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Nesquehoning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jim Thorpe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jim Thorpe is located in Carbon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Thorpe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,650 people
- Former names for Jim Thorpe:
- East Mauch Chunk
- Mauch Chunk
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jim Thorpe <1>
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Foundryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Berwick
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hetlerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hetlerville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hetlerville
- Briar Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Briar Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briar Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 672 people
- Jonestown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Mifflinville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Stillwater
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Zaner
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Zaner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zaner
- Shumans
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shumans is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
- Lime Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Benton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jamison City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison City
- Almedia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Almedia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almedia
- Lackawanna County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrenceville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Belian Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Belian Village is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belian Village
- Old Forge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moosic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Minooka is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minooka
- Spring Brook
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Brook is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Brook
- Taylor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Milwaukee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Milwaukee is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
- Yostville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yostville is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yostville
- Scranton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Daleville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Dunmore
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Green Ridge is located in Lackawanna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Ridge
- Lehigh County
- Slatedale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slatedale is located in Lehigh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slatedale
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Locust Lakes Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Locust Lakes Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Lakes Village
- Long Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pocono Pines
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Pocono
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Tobyhanna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pocono Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Kresgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McMichael
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- McMichael is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMichael
- Gilbert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Appenzell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Appenzell is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appenzell
- Reeders
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brodheadsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- La Anna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- La Anna is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Anna
- South Sterling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Kelayres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kelayres is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelayres
- McAdoo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Nuremberg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lofty
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lofty is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofty
- Oneida
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oneida is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida
- Sheppton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Manor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Girard Manor is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard Manor
- Coaldale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Delano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Delano is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano
- Hometown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hometown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hometown
- Grier City - Park Crest
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grier City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grier City is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier City
- Brandonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brandonville is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandonville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Hollisterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hollisterville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollisterville
- Sterling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Mill City ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mill City is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill City
- Beaumont
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Beaumont is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
- Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vernon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Noxen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evans Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Evans Falls is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Falls
- Jenks
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Jenks is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenks
- South Eaton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Eaton is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Eaton
- Lake Winola
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Osterhout
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Osterhout is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osterhout
- Tunkhannock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dixon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dixon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Forkston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forkston is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forkston
- Factoryville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wech Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Wech Corners.
Cemeteries Near Wech Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wech Corners.
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 Wech Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wech Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Albert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albert Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Albert Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Albert.
- The Albert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rippletown Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1988179 <2>
- Hanover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hanover Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilkes-Barre.
- The Hanover Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hanover Green Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45029 <2>
- Ohav Zedek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Johns Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Stanislaus RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Francis Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nanticoke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Joseph Slovak Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Wilkes-Barre.
- The Maple Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ashley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45352 <2>
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Temple B'nai B'rith Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (236 more) ...
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Peter & Paul Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
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 Wech Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wech Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wech Corners, with the one closest to Wech Corners listed first.
- Rita
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rita is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rita
- Glen Summit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Glen Summit is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Summit
- Penobscot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Penobscot is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penobscot
- Mountain Top
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Solomon Gap
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Solomon Gap is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solomon Gap
- Sugar Notch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sugar Notch is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Notch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Warrior Run
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Warrior Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrior Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 550 people
- Askam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Askam is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askam
- Ashley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hanover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hanover is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
- Laurel Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Dorrance
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dorrance is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorrance
- Plymouth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- White Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wech Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wech Corners.
Newspapers Published in Wech Corners ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wech Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wech Corners, 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 Wech Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Wech Corners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Luzerne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carbon County
- Columbia County
- Lackawanna County
- Lehigh County
- Monroe County
- Pike County
- Schuylkill County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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 Wech Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Wech Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |