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 Carriage Estates (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 Carriage Estates. 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 Carriage Estates ...
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 Carriage Estates: Carriage Ests.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Carriage Estates. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carriage Estates.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Carriage Estates is located in Chemung 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 Chemung County: Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Carriage Estates. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carriage Estates:
- Chemung County (The home county of Carriage Estates)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- Wellsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Southport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Elmira
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Chemung
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Webb Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Elmira Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owens Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Horseheads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Sagetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Big Flats
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Catharine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Montour Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Cayutaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Watkins Glen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Townsend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Burdett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Reading Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- Caton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- South Corning
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Corning
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Painted Post
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Gang Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Lindley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Presho
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Coopers Plains
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Addison
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Campbell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- Lockwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Barton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Smithboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoopers Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Nichols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Spencer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Lounsberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- West Candor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- East Nichols
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Candor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hamar Estates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- West Danby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Newfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Danby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- White Church
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Caroline Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Ithaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- Fassett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Bentley Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Gillett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Middletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Berrytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Big Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Coryland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- South Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Sayre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- 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 <1>
- East Smithfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Columbia Cross Roads
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Wetona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wetona is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wetona
- Athens
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- Millerton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Lawrenceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Mainesburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Tioga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Mansfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Fallbrook ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fallbrook is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallbrook
- Morris Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Morris Run is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Run
- West Covington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Covington is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carriage Estates, see our County-by-County Page for Carriage Estates.
Cemeteries Near Carriage Estates ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carriage Estates.
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 Carriage Estates - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carriage Estates covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- Scudder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Elliott - Searles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Miller Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southeast of Elmira.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2327442 <3>
- Roushy Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsburg Baptist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Doty Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wacomber Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bentley Creek Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hanlon Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Carriage Estates in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carriage Estates.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carriage Estates, with the one closest to Carriage Estates listed first.
- Lowman
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wellsburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Elmira
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- East Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elmira
- Fassett
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Southport
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Ridgebury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Ridgebury is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
- Elmira
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Chemung
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Chemung is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chemung
- Gillett
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Bentley Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Chemung
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Webb Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Seeley Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seeley Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley Creek
- Dunning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dunning is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunning
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carriage Estates. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carriage Estates.
Newspapers Published in Carriage Estates ...
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 155 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carriage Estates.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carriage Estates, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carriage Estates.
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 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 Carriage Estates:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Tioga County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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- Carriage Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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> | 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 Carriage Estates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |