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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 Brantingham (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 Brantingham. 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.

Brantingham is located in Lewis County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lewis County: Herkimer, Jefferson, Oneida, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

Below are the counties that are near Brantingham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brantingham:

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Brantingham)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantingham, with the one closest to Brantingham listed first.
    • Greig
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lyonsdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
    • Lyons Falls
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Glendale
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • East Martinsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Martinsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
    • Port Leyden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Collinsville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Collinsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
    • Turin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
      • Turin is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turin <1>
    • Petries Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
      • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
    • Crystal Dale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
      • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
    • Watson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Watson is located in Lewis County
    • Martinsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hamilton County
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantingham, with the one closest to Brantingham listed first.
    • Thendara
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
    • Beaver River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Beaver River. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver River
      • Beaver River is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver River <1>
    • Northwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Northwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
    • Grant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Grant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantingham, with the one closest to Brantingham listed first.
    • Carthage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
      • Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,256 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carthage <1>
    • West Carthage
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
      • West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
    • Natural Bridge
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Worth Center
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Worth Center. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
    • Herrings
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herrings have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
      • Herrings is located in Jefferson County
      • Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
    • Worth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
    • Deferiet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deferiet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deferiet
      • Deferiet is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deferiet <1>
    • East Rodman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Rodman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
      • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Brantingham, with the one closest to Brantingham listed first.
    • Boonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Redmond Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
    • Ava
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Point Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
      • Point Rock is located in Oneida County
    • Frenchville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
      • Frenchville is located in Oneida County
    • Remsen
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Westernville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Prospect
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • East Floyd
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Floyd. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
      • East Floyd is located in Oneida County
    • Barneveld
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barneveld have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barneveld
      • Barneveld is located in Oneida County
      • Estimated population in 2017: 279 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barneveld <1>
    • Trenton Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Trenton Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Falls
      • Trenton Falls is located in Oneida County
    • Brookfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Oneida County
  • Oswego County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brantingham, see our County-by-County Page for Brantingham.

Cemeteries Near Brantingham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brantingham.

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 Brantingham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Brantingham Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brantingham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brantingham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sands Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sands Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sands Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burdicks Crossing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Turin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Turin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Turin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Collinsville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Collinsville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Collinsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carpenter Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carpenter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carpenter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wetmore Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wetmore Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wetmore Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Leyden Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Leyden Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Leyden Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beaches Bridge Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaches Bridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaches Bridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (102 more) ...
    • Old Martinsburg Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Martinsburg Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Martinsburg Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Contableville Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Contableville Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Contableville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Constableville.
      • The Contableville Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Contableville Rural Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65888 <4>
    • Rural Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rural Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rural 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Brantingham had a population of 39 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Greig
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Lyonsdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
  • Lyons Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Glendale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Turin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turin
    • Turin is located in Lewis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 226 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turin <1>
  • Collinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Collinsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
  • Port Leyden
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • East Martinsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Martinsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
  • Petries Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
    • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
  • Bushes Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushes Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushes Landing
    • Bushes Landing is located in Lewis County
  • Crystal Dale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
    • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
  • Locust Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Lewis County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Watson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
      • Watson is located in Lewis County
    • Martinsburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Constableville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Brantingham ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brantingham.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brantingham, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Brantingham.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Brantingham:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Brantingham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lewis County: www.lewiscountyny.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<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 Brantingham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Brantingham) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brantingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6887, Longitude: -75.2921       In this case, the coordinates for Brantingham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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