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 Dering Harbor (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 Dering Harbor. 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 Dering Harbor ...
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 Dering Harbor: Dering Hbr. (or less commonly used: Dering Harb. or Dering Hrbr.)
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Dering Harbor is located in Suffolk County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Below are the counties that are near Dering Harbor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dering Harbor:
- Suffolk County (The home county of Dering Harbor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dering Harbor, with the one closest to Dering Harbor listed first.
- Shelter Island Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenport
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Shelter Island
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Marion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Westmoreland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Westmoreland is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmoreland
- Orient
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Haven
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Haven is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Haven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 894 people
- Orient Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
- Bay Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bay Point is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Point
- Noyack
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sag Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Middlesex County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dering Harbor, with the one closest to Dering Harbor listed first.
- Fenwick
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
- Plum Bank Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
- Old Saybrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saybrook Manor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
- Old Saybrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Old Saybrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saybrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
- Grove Beach
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
- Westbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westbrook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Westbrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,842 people
- Clinton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
- Centerbrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Essex
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Essex is located in Middlesex County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,634 people
- New Haven County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dering Harbor, with the one closest to Dering Harbor listed first.
- Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Guilford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,924 people
- North Madison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- Guilford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Guilford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,043 people
- Stony Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
- Pine Orchard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
- Branford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
- Branford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Branford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Branford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,066 people
- New London County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dering Harbor, with the one closest to Dering Harbor listed first.
- Old Lyme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Old Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,280 people
- Old Lyme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Lyme
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Niantic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Lyme
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyme
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,525 people
- East Lyme
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pleasure Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasure Beach is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasure Beach
- Hamburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hamburg is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
- Sterling City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sterling City is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling City
- New London
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New London is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,870 people
- Waterford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 18,865 people
- Waterford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Waterford is located in New London County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Waterford has also been known as:
- Central Waterford
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dering Harbor, see our County-by-County Page for Dering Harbor.
Cemeteries Near Dering Harbor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dering Harbor.
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 Dering Harbor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dering Harbor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dering Harbor, with the one closest to Dering Harbor listed first.
- Our Lady of the Isle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Quaker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shelter Island Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shelter Island Presbyterian Church Burial Ground
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sterling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stirling Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Marion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hashamomack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hashamomack Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hashamomack Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Greenport.
- The Hashamomack Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arshamomaque Cemetery
- Hashamomack Old Families Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2272519 <2>
- Nichols Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (238 more) ...
- Orient Central Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Terry Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Congregational Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Dering Harbor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dering Harbor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dering Harbor, with the one closest to Dering Harbor listed first.
- Shelter Island Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shelter Island
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenport
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Marion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Orient
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Southold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sag Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Orient Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
- Peconic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cutchogue
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Suffolk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgehampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Springs is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springs
- Mattituck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watermill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Watermill is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dering Harbor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dering Harbor.
Newspapers Published in Dering Harbor ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dering Harbor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dering Harbor, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dering Harbor.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Dering Harbor:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Suffolk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Middlesex County
- New Haven County
- New London 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dering Harbor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dering Harbor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |