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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 Fall Bridge (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 Fall Bridge. 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 Fall Bridge ...

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 Fall Bridge: Fall Brg. (or less commonly used: Fall Brdg. or Fall Brdge.)

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 and 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.

Fall Bridge is located in Otsego 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 Otsego County: Chenango, Delaware, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery & Schoharie.

Below are the counties that are near Fall Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fall Bridge:

  • Otsego County     (The home county of Fall Bridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.
    • Mount Vision
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lena
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lena is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Hartwick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Welcome
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Welcome is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Laurens
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Milford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Patent
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Patent is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
    • Hartwick Seminary
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hartwick Seminary is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick Seminary
    • Garrattsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Portlandville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Phoenix Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Phoenix Mills is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phoenix Mills
    • West End
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • West End is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
    • Colliersville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Chenango County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.
    • New Berlin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Button City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Button City is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
    • Columbus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Columbus is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Lathams Corners
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Lathams Corners is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathams Corners
    • Mount Upton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sherburne
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • North Norwich
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • North Norwich is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
    • Norwich
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • East Guilford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • East Guilford is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
    • Guilford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Haynes
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Haynes is located in Chenango County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
    • Plymouth
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Smyrna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.
    • Davenport Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North Franklin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • North Franklin is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Franklin
    • Simpsonville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Simpsonville is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
    • Shackport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Shackport is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shackport
    • Franklin
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • North Kortright
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • North Kortright is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kortright
    • Merrickville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Merrickville is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrickville
    • Bloomville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Harpersfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sidney Center
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Delhi
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Delhi is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,871 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <1>
    • Mundale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Mundale is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundale
    • South Kortright
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Herkimer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.
    • Cullen
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Cullen is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
    • South Columbia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • South Columbia is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Columbia
    • West Winfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Chepachet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Chepachet is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet
    • Millers Mills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Millers Mills is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Mills
    • Cedarville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Deck
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Deck is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
    • Edicks
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Edicks is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
    • Paines Hollow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
    • Starkville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Starkville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
    • Ilion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ilion is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,616 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilion <1>
    • Mohawk
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Newville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Newville is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.
    • Brookfield
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • South Hamilton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • South Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
    • East Hamilton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • East Hamilton is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
    • Earlville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamilton Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
    • Hamilton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Randallsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Randallsville is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
    • Madison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Montgomery County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.
    • Sprout Brook
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Buel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Buel is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
    • Brookman Corners
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Brookman Corners is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookman Corners
    • Ames
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ames is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ames <1>
    • Hallsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Hallsville is located in Montgomery County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsville
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.
    • Bridgewater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • North Bridgewater
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • North Bridgewater is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bridgewater
    • Pine Village Estates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Pine Village Estates is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Village Estates
    • Stockwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stockwell is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
    • Cassville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Clayville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Sangerfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waterville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sauquoit
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Paris
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Paris is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.
    • Jefferson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Summit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Summit is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,081 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summit <1>
    • Seward
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Seward is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
    • Leesville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Leesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
    • Beards Hollow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Beards Hollow is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beards Hollow
    • Janesville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Janesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
    • Richmondville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • South Jefferson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
    • Sharon Springs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lawyersville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
    • Warnerville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Cobleskill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Vintonton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Vintonton is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintonton

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fall Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Fall Bridge.

Cemeteries Near Fall Bridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fall Bridge.

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 Fall Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fall Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.

  • Lena Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mt. Vision Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Mt. Vision Methodist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Old Mt. Vision Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Tiffany Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Robinson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Welcome Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Elm Row Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Maple Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Laurens Village Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Maple Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (434 more) ...
    • Buck Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Butts Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Babcock 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 Fall Bridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fall Bridge.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fall Bridge, with the one closest to Fall Bridge listed first.

  • Mount Vision
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • South Hartwick
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • South Hartwick is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hartwick
  • Lena
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lena is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Laurens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hartwick
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Welcome
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Welcome is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
  • New Lisbon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • New Lisbon is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lisbon
  • West Laurens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • West Laurens is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Laurens
  • Portlandville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Milford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hartwick Seminary
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartwick Seminary is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartwick Seminary
  • Chase
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chase is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Garrattsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • West Oneonta
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • West Oneonta is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneonta
    • Colliersville
      (8 miles [12.9 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 Fall Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fall Bridge.

Newspapers Published in Fall Bridge ...

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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fall Bridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fall Bridge, 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 Fall Bridge.

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 helpful 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 Fall Bridge:

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 Fall Bridge, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fall Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.