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 Elmbois (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 Elmbois. 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.
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 hospitals 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.
Elmbois 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 Elmbois. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elmbois:
- Steuben County (The home county of Elmbois)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- South Pulteney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Catawba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Urbana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Prattsburgh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Keuka
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Hammondsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Mitchellsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Cold Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Hermitage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Bradford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sonora
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- Bishopville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Canaseraga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Almond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- Post Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Millport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Horseheads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- Springwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dansville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cumminsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Woodsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Foots Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- West Sparta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Groveland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Kysorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- Naples
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Gulick
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Cottage City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Gorham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bristol Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Canadice
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Bristol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Flint
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- Wayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Reading
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Townsend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Hector
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Watkins Glen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Beaver Dams
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burdett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Logan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Moreland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Wedgewood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Bennettsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- Lodi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ovid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Romulus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Border City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- East Varick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Tompkins County
- Trumansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- Italy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Barrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Yatesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Glenora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Potter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Himrod
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Penn Yan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Vine Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Benton Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elmbois, see our County-by-County Page for Elmbois.
Cemeteries Near Elmbois ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elmbois.
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 Elmbois - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elmbois covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- Depew Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Shuart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Free Baptist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Chestnut Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wheeler Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jacobus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- McDowell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (400 more) ...
- Pelton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Elmbois in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elmbois.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elmbois, with the one closest to Elmbois listed first.
- South Pulteney
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Grove Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
- Catawba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Dineharts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dineharts is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dineharts
- Pulteney
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Prattsburgh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Rheims
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rheims is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheims
- Hammondsport
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Urbana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Urbana
- Keuka
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Wheeler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wheeler is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Mitchellsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Pleasant Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Wayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elmbois. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elmbois.
Newspapers Published in Elmbois ...
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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmbois.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elmbois, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elmbois.
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 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 Elmbois:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Steuben County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Chemung County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca 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 Elmbois, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elmbois) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |