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 Steamburg (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 Steamburg. 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 Steamburg ...
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 Steamburg: E. Steamburg
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Steamburg is located in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near East Steamburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Steamburg:
- Schuyler County (The home county of East Steamburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Searsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Mecklenburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Reading Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Watkins Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Montour Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Odessa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Atwaters
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Aurora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Genoa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Poplar Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Locke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Union Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cascade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Moravia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Millport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Post Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Erin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Horseheads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Big Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elmira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Harford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Homer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Scott
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Onondaga County
- Mandana
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Billsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Flint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Melvin Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Interlaken
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kidders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Romulus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Border City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Seneca Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Keuka
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Bradford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- South Bradford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Hornby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Sonora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Hammondsport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Prattsburgh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Cold Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Hermitage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- North Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Candor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Trumansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lake Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Willow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ithaca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Newfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- North Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- South Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Glenora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Barrington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Angus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Penn Yan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Benton Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Steamburg, see our County-by-County Page for East Steamburg.
Cemeteries Near East Steamburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Steamburg.
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 Steamburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Steamburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Cronk Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jones Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Townsendville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Carman Road Quaker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Covert Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Valois Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trumansburg Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64733 <2>
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (426 more) ...
- Bennetsburg Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- McNeal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- McIntyre Settlement 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Steamburg had a population of 88 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Steamburg, with the one closest to East Steamburg listed first.
- Searsburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Townsendville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
- Lodi Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Reynoldsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Perry City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Waterburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waterburg is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterburg
- Trumansburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Covert
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Covert is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Glenora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Bennettsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Taughannock Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Steamburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Steamburg.
Newspapers Published in East Steamburg ...
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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Steamburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Steamburg, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Steamburg.
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 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 Steamburg:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schuyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Steamburg, 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 from Point A (ie- East Steamburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |