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 Briggs Hollow (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 Briggs Hollow. 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 Briggs Hollow ...
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 Briggs Hollow: Briggs Holw. (or less commonly used: Briggs Hlw. or Briggs Hllw.)
- While the name of this community is Briggs Hollow, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Briggs Hollow may originally have been Brigg's Hollow.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Briggs Hollow might be written as Brigg Hollow.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Briggs Hollow is located in Tioga County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Tioga County: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Susquehanna (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Briggs Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Briggs Hollow:
- Tioga County (The home county of Briggs Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- East Nichols
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Lounsberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Nichols
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- South Owego
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Hoopers Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Owego
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Apalachin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Campville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Gaskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Hamar Estates
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Hullsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- Vestal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Endicott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Endwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Maine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Johnson City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hawleyton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hawleyton is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawleyton
- Binghamton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Ireland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- West Chenango
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Port Dickinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Glen Aubrey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- Owens Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Chemung
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Van Etten
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Erin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wellsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Elmira
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Southport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Sullivanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Elmira Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Elmira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Horseheads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pine City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- Harford Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County
- Alpine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- White Church
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Caroline Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- West Danby
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Besemer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Slaterville Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- South Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Varna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- West Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- North Orwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- Warren Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- Bumpville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- Vawter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Potterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- South Warren
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Rome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rome is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <2>
- Athens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sayre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <2>
- Allis Hollow
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Allis Hollow is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allis Hollow
- South Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- South Waverly
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- Little Meadows
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Friendsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Rushville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Brackney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Forest Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Fairdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Lawsville Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
- Elk Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elk Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Lake
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Four Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Auburn Four Corners is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Four Corners
- South Montrose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tiffany
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tiffany is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Wyoming County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- Laceyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Skinners Eddy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Skinners Eddy is located in Wyoming County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners Eddy
- Meshoppen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Briggs Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Briggs Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Briggs Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Briggs Hollow.
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 Briggs Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Briggs Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- Briggs Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Waits Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gibson Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Old Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Windham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Light Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Old Lounsberry Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hughes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Owego Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tioga Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Smithboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (384 more) ...
- Smithboro Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nichols Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Arbor Glade Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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 Briggs Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Briggs Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Briggs Hollow, with the one closest to Briggs Hollow listed first.
- East Nichols
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Windham Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Windham Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Center
- Windham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Windham is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
- Lounsberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Tioga Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Nichols
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Windham Summit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Windham Summit is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham Summit
- Cadis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cadis is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadis
- South Owego
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Smithboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoopers Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- West Warren
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Owego
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Litchfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- North Orwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Briggs Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briggs Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Briggs Hollow ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Briggs Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Briggs Hollow, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Briggs Hollow.
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 websites either 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 Briggs Hollow:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna County
- Wyoming County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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 Briggs Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Briggs Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |