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 East Hounsfield (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 East Hounsfield. 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 East Hounsfield ...
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 East Hounsfield: E. Hounsfield
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
East Hounsfield is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Lewis, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.
Below are the counties that are near East Hounsfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Hounsfield:
- Jefferson County (The home county of East Hounsfield)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hounsfield, with the one closest to East Hounsfield listed first.
- Paddy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Paddy Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddy Hill
- Brownville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glen Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
- Alverson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alverson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
- Watertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dexter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limerick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pillar Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
- Sackets Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Calcium
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Boultons Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hounsfield, with the one closest to East Hounsfield listed first.
- Barnes Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
- Copenhagen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Boston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Boston is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Denmark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Harrisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Rector
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rector is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
- Parkers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parkers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
- Briggs Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
- Castorland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Naumburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Naumburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
- Forest City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Forest City is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Lowville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hounsfield, with the one closest to East Hounsfield listed first.
- Smartville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Smartville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
- Lacona
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sandy Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Chateaugay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
- Orwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Richland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pulaski
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Hounsfield, with the one closest to East Hounsfield listed first.
- Somerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Somerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Wegatchie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wegatchie
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Hounsfield, see our County-by-County Page for East Hounsfield.
Cemeteries Near East Hounsfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Hounsfield.
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 East Hounsfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Hounsfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Hounsfield, with the one closest to East Hounsfield listed first.
- Fields Settlement Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Graves Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Muskalonge Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Arsenal Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Brownville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Brownville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Brownville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1969149 <2>
- North Watertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dexter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pettit Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Degel Israel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Watertown.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64662 <2>
- Taylor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (151 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, East Hounsfield had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Hounsfield, with the one closest to East Hounsfield listed first.
- Alverson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alverson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
- Brownville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rices
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rices is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices
- Watertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dexter
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limerick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sackets Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Watertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Watertown
- Pillar Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
- Adams Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Smithville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Smithville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Rodman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- East Rodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
- Black River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stone Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stone Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Hounsfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Hounsfield.
Newspapers Published in East Hounsfield ...
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 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Hounsfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Hounsfield, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Hounsfield.
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 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 East Hounsfield:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lewis County
- Oswego County
- Saint Lawrence 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 East Hounsfield, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Hounsfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |