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 Gee Brook (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 Gee Brook. 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 Gee Brook ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Gee Brook: Gee Brk.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Gee Brook is located in Cortland 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 Cortland County: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Madison, Onondaga, Tioga & Tompkins.
Below are the counties that are near Gee Brook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gee Brook:
- Cortland County (The home county of Gee Brook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Marathon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Messengerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- McGraw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lapeer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Crains Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Cortland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Truxton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Harford Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Munsons Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Upper Lisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Killawog
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lisle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Triangle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Whitney Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Manningville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Glen Aubrey
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Quinneville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- Kattellville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- West Chenango
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- North Colesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Colesville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Summer Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Dresserville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Sempronius
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Locke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Moravia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Pitcher
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Smithville Flats
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Otselic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Adams Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Greene
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Meadow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Kirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Otselic Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Oxford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Otselic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Plymouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Haynes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Delaware County
- Sidney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- DeRuyter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Earlville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- Rippleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- West Eaton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Hamilton Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Cazenovia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Hamilton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Assembly Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Apulia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Fabius
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tully
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berwyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Delphi Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Spafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Pompey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- LaFayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Log City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Log City is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
- Cardiff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Copes Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner
- Gilbertsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Ketchumville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Hullsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Weltonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Candor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Hamar Estates
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Dryden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- McLean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Groton City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Freeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Caroline Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Groton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peruville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Slaterville Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- White Church
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Besemer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Varna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- West Groton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gee Brook, see our County-by-County Page for Gee Brook.
Cemeteries Near Gee Brook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gee Brook.
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 Gee Brook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gee Brook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willet Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lower Cincinnatus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cincinnatus Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Holmes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Texas Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Beardsley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Taylor Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hawley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ashcraft Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brakel Valley Churchyard Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (473 more) ...
- Pitcher Congregational Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Loope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Gee Brook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gee Brook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gee Brook, with the one closest to Gee Brook listed first.
- Willet
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cincinnatus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Texas Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
- Taylor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Taylor is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- East Freetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Freetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Freetown
- Pitcher
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Taylor Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Taylor Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Valley
- Penelope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Penelope is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
- Freetown Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Marathon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- McDonough
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Taylor Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Taylor Center is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Center
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Pitcher Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
- Solon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Upper Lisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gee Brook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gee Brook.
Newspapers Published in Gee Brook ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gee Brook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gee Brook, 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 Gee Brook.
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 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 Gee Brook:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cortland County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Delaware County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Otsego County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Gee Brook, 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- Gee Brook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |