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 Edgemoor (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 Edgemoor. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Edgemoor is located in Whatcom County.
To see how the shape of Washington's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Whatcom County: Okanogan, San Juan & Skagit.
Below are the counties that are near Edgemoor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Edgemoor:
- Whatcom County (The home county of Edgemoor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemoor, with the one closest to Edgemoor listed first.
- Chuckanut Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Chuckanut Village is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Village
- Bellingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Silver Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Marietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marietta is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Sudden Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudden Valley
- Lummi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lummi is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
- Lummi Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ferndale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Acme
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wickersham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Wickersham is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickersham
- Clipper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Clipper is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper
- Island County
- Oak Harbor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- San Juan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemoor, with the one closest to Edgemoor listed first.
- Olga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Eastsound
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Decatur Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Orcas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lopez Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
- Lopez
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lopez is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
- Shaw Island
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
- Deer Harbor
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waldron
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waldron is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Argyle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argyle is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Friday Harbor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- False Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Skagit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Edgemoor, with the one closest to Edgemoor listed first.
- Alger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alger is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
- Edison
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edison is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Urban
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Urban is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
- Bow
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Anacortes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bay View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Bay View is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Alexander Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander Beach is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Beach
- Similk Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Similk Beach is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Similk Beach
- Burlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sedro - Woolley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Snee Oosh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Snee Oosh is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snee Oosh
- Snohomish County
- Lake Ketchum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Ketchum is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ketchum
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Edgemoor, see our County-by-County Page for Edgemoor.
Cemeteries Near Edgemoor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Edgemoor.
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 Edgemoor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Edgemoor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Edgemoor, with the one closest to Edgemoor listed first.
- Bayview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Bellingham.
- The Bayview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bay View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76707 <2>
- Sunnyland Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lummi Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenacres Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ferndale.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paradise Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77126 <2>
- Eden Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bow Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bay View Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Enterprise Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saxon Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Van Zandt Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (44 more) ...
- Olga - Doe Bay Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Grandview Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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 Edgemoor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Edgemoor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Edgemoor, with the one closest to Edgemoor listed first.
- Fairhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairhaven is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
- Chuckanut
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chuckanut is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut
- Bellingham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Geneva
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Silver Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Marietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marietta is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Samish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Samish is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samish
- Van Wyck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Van Wyck is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wyck
- Lummi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lummi is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
- Brennan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Brennan is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennan
- Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
- Alger
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alger is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Laurel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Laurel is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Wahl
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wahl is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahl
- Goshen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Goshen is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Edgemoor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Edgemoor.
Newspapers Published in Edgemoor ...
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 137 newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgemoor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Edgemoor, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Edgemoor.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Edgemoor:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Whatcom County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Island County
- San Juan County
- Skagit County
- Snohomish County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
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 Edgemoor, 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- Edgemoor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |