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 Lindley (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 Lindley. 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 Lindley ...
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 Lindley: E. Lindley
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 hospitals 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 Lindley is located in Steuben 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 Steuben County: Allegany, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Yates, Potter (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near East Lindley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Lindley:
- Steuben County (The home county of East Lindley)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- Lindley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Presho
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- South Corning
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gang Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Painted Post
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Addison
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Coopers Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Van Vleet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Van Vleet is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Vleet
- East Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- Sagetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Big Flats
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Webb Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- West Elmira
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Southport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Post Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Elmira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elmira Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Horseheads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Pine Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Townsend
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Catharine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Montour Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Odessa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins Glen
(25 miles [40.2 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>
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Reading Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- North Reading
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- Lockwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- Coryland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Gillett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Fassett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Austinville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Bentley Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Berrytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Columbia Cross Roads
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- Sylvania
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Middletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Big Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Troy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Covert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Covert is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Potter County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- North Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Fork is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork
- Elmer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Elmer is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Hector
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hector is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hector
- Harrison Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harrison Valley is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison Valley
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- Lawrenceville
(3 miles [4.8 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Tioga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Millerton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Farmington Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Elkland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hammond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Osceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Roseville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Mansfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneyville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
- Knoxville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Lindley, see our County-by-County Page for East Lindley.
Cemeteries Near East Lindley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Lindley.
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 Lindley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Lindley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seelye Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lawrenceville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middaugh Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erwins Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dickenson Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty Pole Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kelly Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Hope Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hope Cemetery Annex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Alder Run Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 East Lindley in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Lindley.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Lindley, with the one closest to East Lindley listed first.
- Lindley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Presho
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Rising
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rising is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
- Somers Lane
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Somers Lane is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somers Lane
- Tompkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tompkins is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
- Tioga Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tioga Junction is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga Junction
- East Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corning
- Gibson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gibson is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Corning
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nichols
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Nichols is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Jackson Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Summit is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Trowbridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Trowbridge is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trowbridge
- Painted Post
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Lindley. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Lindley.
Newspapers Published in East Lindley ...
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 81 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Lindley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Lindley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Lindley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Lindley:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chemung County
- Schuyler County
- Tioga County
- Bradford County
- Potter 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 East Lindley, 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 from Point A (ie- East Lindley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |