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 Ithaca (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 Ithaca. 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 Ithaca ...
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 Ithaca: E. Ithaca
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 Ithaca is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near East Ithaca. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Ithaca:
- Tompkins County (The home county of East Ithaca)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Forest Home
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- South Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Ithaca
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cayuga Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Varna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Lansing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Besemer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Danby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Myers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Slaterville Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Manningville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Killawog
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Lisle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Glen Aubrey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whitney Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Maine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- East Genoa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Locke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Atwaters
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Moravia
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dresserville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Montville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Ledyard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Black Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Cascade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Poplar Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sempronius
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Van Etten
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Erin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Millport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pine Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Horseheads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Owens Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Elmira Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Elmira
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Harford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Munsons Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Messengerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Homer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Marathon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- McGraw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East River
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Little York
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Spafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Mandana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Assembly Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Cayutaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Mecklenburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Perry City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Alpine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Catharine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Logan
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Montour Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hector
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Interlaken
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Kidders
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Lodi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ovid
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- North Spencer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Hamar Estates
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Newark Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Ketchumville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Lockwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hullsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Owego
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Glenora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Barrington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Ithaca, see our County-by-County Page for East Ithaca.
Cemeteries Near East Ithaca ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Ithaca.
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 Ithaca - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Ithaca covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Lawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ithaca City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ithaca City Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Inlet Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Roe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (425 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Budd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Adams Settlement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 East Ithaca in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Ithaca.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Ithaca, with the one closest to East Ithaca listed first.
- Forest Home
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Ithaca
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Varna
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- McKinneys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- McKinneys is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinneys
- Besemer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Ellis
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ellis is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Lansing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lansing
- Danby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Caroline Depot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Caroline Depot is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Depot
- West Dryden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Dryden is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dryden
- Asbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Asbury is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Newfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stratton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Stratton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
- Slaterville Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Ithaca. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Ithaca.
Newspapers Published in East Ithaca ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Ithaca.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Ithaca, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Ithaca.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 East Ithaca:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Yates 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 Ithaca, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Ithaca) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |