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 Maine (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 Maine. 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 Maine ...
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 Maine: E. Maine
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.
East Maine is located in Broome 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 Broome County: Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Tioga, Susquehanna (PA) & Wayne (PA).
Below are the counties that are near East Maine. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Maine:
- Broome County (The home county of East Maine)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- West Chenango
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Maine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Glen Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Glen Aubrey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Castle Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Hinmans Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hinmans Corners is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmans Corners
- Endwell
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Johnson City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kattellville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Willow Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Port Dickinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Endicott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chemung County
- Van Etten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- Greene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville Flats
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Nineveh Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Nineveh Junction is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh Junction
- Adams Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Afton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Union Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- West Bainbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
- Oxford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bainbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pitcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Yaleville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Yaleville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaleville
- Guilford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- Marathon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lapeer
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Harford Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Messengerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Harford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Solon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- McGraw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cortland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Munsons Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Delaware County
- China
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- China is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- Ketchumville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Hullsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Campville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Gaskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Newark Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Apalachin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- West Newark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Owego
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Owego
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Owego is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Owego
- Hamar Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Candor
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Nichols
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Nichols is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nichols
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- Caroline Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Slaterville Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Church
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Dryden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Danby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Freeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Danby
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- McLean
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Varna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- East Ithaca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Forest Home
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- South Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- Warren Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- West Warren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- South Warren
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Potterville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- North Orwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- Le Raysville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Le Raysville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Raysville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
- Allis Hollow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allis Hollow is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allis Hollow
- Bumpville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- South Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Hill is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Vawter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Herrickville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Herrickville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrickville
- Rome
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rome <1>
- Sayre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- Brackney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Choconut
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Little Meadows
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Friendsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Great Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsville Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lawsville Center is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawsville Center
- Hallstead
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Montrose
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Heart Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heart Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heart Lake
- New Milford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
- Fairdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Maine, see our County-by-County Page for East Maine.
Cemeteries Near East Maine ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Maine.
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 Maine - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Maine covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- East Maine Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dimmick Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maine Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Shores Hills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chrysler Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- All Saints Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Allentown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunham Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Nanticoke Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (417 more) ...
- Broas Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Cemetery is located in Johnson City.
- The St. John Ukrainian Orthodox Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Johns Cemetery
- St. Johns Ukrainian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66009 <2>
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 East Maine had a population of 49 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Maine, with the one closest to East Maine listed first.
- West Chenango
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Maine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Glen Aubrey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Center is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Center
- Choconut Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut Center is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut Center
- Glen Castle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Glen Castle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Castle
- Castle Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Stella
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stella is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
- Willow Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Port Dickinson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Chenango Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kattellville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Binghamton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chenango Forks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ketchumville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Maine. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Maine.
Newspapers Published in East Maine ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Maine.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Maine, 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 East Maine.
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 East Maine:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Broome County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Delaware County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna 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 Maine, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Maine) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |