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 Chambers (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 Chambers. 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 hospitals and 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.
Chambers 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 Chambers. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Chambers:
- Chemung County (The home county of Chambers)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Post Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Millport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Flats
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Horseheads
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Sullivanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Elmira Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Elmira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Elmira
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Erin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Southport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Pine City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cayuga County
- Atwaters
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Townsend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Montour Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Catharine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins Glen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Reading Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Alpine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burdett
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Reading
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Bennettsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Lodi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Ovid
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Hornby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Corning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Painted Post
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- East Campbell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- South Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Bradford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coopers Plains
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Sonora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Gang Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Savona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- North Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lockwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Waverly
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Barton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Newfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West Danby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Jacksonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Trumansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Danby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Taughannock Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Ithaca
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Willow Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Cayuga Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Ithaca
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Lansing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Glenora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Himrod
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Keuka Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Penn Yan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Italy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Fassett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Coryland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Bentley Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Middletown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Berrytown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- South Waverly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Austinville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Big Pond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Sayre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Columbia Cross Roads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Millerton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Lawrenceville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Tioga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elkland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Roseville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Farmington Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Osceola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Hammond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Chambers, see our County-by-County Page for Chambers.
Cemeteries Near Chambers ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chambers.
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 Chambers - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Chambers covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Savory Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Quigley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Post Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Beaver Dams Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cooley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Central Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goodsell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oldfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South School Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monterey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- Maltby Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Whitney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
While we didn't find Chambers in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Chambers.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Chambers, with the one closest to Chambers listed first.
- Post Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Beaver Dams
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Dyke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dyke is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
- Moreland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Townsend
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Ferenbaugh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ferenbaugh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferenbaugh
- Monterey
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Monterey is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
- Pine Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Millport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wedgewood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Big Flats
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Campbell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Painted Post
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Corning
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Chambers. See our List of 1890's Communities around Chambers.
Newspapers Published in Chambers ...
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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chambers.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chambers, 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 Chambers.
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 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 Chambers:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates 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> | 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. |
| <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 Chambers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chambers) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |