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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 Bedford Four 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 Bedford Four 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 Bedford Four 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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Bedford Four Corners: Bedford Four 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.

Cemeteries Near Bedford Four Corners ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bedford Four 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 Bedford Four Corners - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bedford Four Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bedford Four Corners, with the one closest to Bedford Four Corners listed first.

  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • St. Francis Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Middle Patent Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Williams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Barnum Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Quaker Burial Ground
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Ayers Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sarles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Chichester Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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    • Fair Ridge Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Todd Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Knapp Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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.<1>

While we didn't find Bedford Four Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bedford Four Corners.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bedford Four Corners, with the one closest to Bedford Four Corners listed first.

  • Bedford
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mount Kisco
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Banksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
  • Katonah
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Chappaqua
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Armonk
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Long Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Ridge
  • Pound Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cross River
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Kitchawan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Kitchawan is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kitchawan
  • Stanwich
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stanwich is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanwich
  • High Ridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • High Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
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    • Goldens Bridge
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pleasantville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • North Stamford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • North Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stamford

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bedford Four Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bedford Four Corners.

Newspapers Published in Bedford Four 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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bedford Four Corners.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bedford Four Corners, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bedford Four Corners.

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 Bedford Four Corners:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bedford Four Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bedford Four Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.