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 Tiegs Corner (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 Tiegs Corner. 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 Tiegs Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Tiegs Corner: Tiegs Cor. (or less commonly used: Tiegs Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Tiegs Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Tiegs Corner may originally have been Tieg's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Tiegs Corner might be written as Tieg Corner.
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 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.
Tiegs Corner is located in Canyon County.
To see how the shape of Idaho's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Canyon County: Ada, Gem, Owyhee, Payette & Malheur (OR).
Below are the counties that are near Tiegs Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tiegs Corner:
- Canyon County (The home county of Tiegs Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiegs Corner, with the one closest to Tiegs Corner listed first.
- Kings Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kings Corner is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
- Bowmont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bowmont is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmont
- Nampa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Melba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Walters Ferry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Walters Ferry is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Ferry
- Riverside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Riverside is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Caldwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Weitz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weitz is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
- Greenleaf
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Notus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiegs Corner, with the one closest to Tiegs Corner listed first.
- Kuna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meridian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Boise Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boise Junction is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Junction
- Eagle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Boise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boise is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
- Former name for Boise:
- Boise City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise <2>
- Collister
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collister is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
- Boise Hills Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
- Swan Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Swan Falls is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Falls
- Gem County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiegs Corner, with the one closest to Tiegs Corner listed first.
- Bramwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bramwell is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
- Emmett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Pearl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Pearl is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Letha
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Montour
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Montour is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
- Owyhee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Tiegs Corner, with the one closest to Tiegs Corner listed first.
- Marsing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Homedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tiegs Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Tiegs Corner.
Cemeteries Near Tiegs Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tiegs Corner.
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 Tiegs Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tiegs Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tiegs Corner, with the one closest to Tiegs Corner listed first.
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kuna Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuna Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kuna Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Kuna.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1970611 <3>
- Kuna Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kohlerlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Meridian Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Five Mile Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Fairview Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cloverdale Memorial Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Peaceful Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peaceful Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the east of Marsing.
- The Peaceful Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knowlton Heights Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153586 <3>
- Wilson Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Mountain View Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Joplin Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin Cemetery
- The Joplin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Joplin Pioneer Cemetery
- Joplins Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1597433 <3>
- Star Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Cemetery
- The Star Cemetery has also been known as:
- Home of the Peace Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1959845 <3>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Tiegs Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Tiegs Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Tiegs Corner, with the one closest to Tiegs Corner listed first.
- Kuna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Nampa
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mora
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mora is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
- Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Caldwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Middleton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Boise
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boise is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
- Former name for Boise:
- Boise City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise <2>
- Owyhee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Owyhee is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Notus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Reynolds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reynolds is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Rockville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rockville is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Sinker ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sinker is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinker
- Parma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tiegs Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tiegs Corner.
Newspapers Published in Tiegs Corner ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tiegs Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tiegs Corner, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tiegs Corner.
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 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 Tiegs Corner:
- Websites specific to Idaho
- Pages specific to Canyon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ada County
- Gem County
- Owyhee County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tiegs Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Tiegs Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |