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 Mount Holly (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 Mount Holly. 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 Mount Holly ...
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 have occurred.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Holly: Mt. Holly
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Healdville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Wallingford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Clarendon Springs (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clarendon Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Manchester Depot (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Manchester Depot. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rockingham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
The following are listed by their distance from Mount Holly, with the one closest to Mount Holly listed first.
Cold River (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cold River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Cornish. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Middle Granville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
North Granville is located in Washington County (NY)
East Hartford (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Hartford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Hartford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Holly.
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.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Holly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Holly, with the one closest to Mount Holly listed first.
Mt. Holly Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Mechanicsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
New Mechanicsville Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Mechanicsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Hortonville Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tarbellville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Packer Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodward - Wilder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pelsue - Jarvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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>
While we didn't find Mount Holly in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Holly.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Holly, with the one closest to Mount Holly listed first.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Healdville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for South Wallingford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Holly. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Holly.
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 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Holly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Holly, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Holly.
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 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 Mount Holly:
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An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
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The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
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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 Mount Holly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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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- Mount Holly) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Holly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4392, Longitude: -72.8109 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Holly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).