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 Halsey Valley (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 Halsey Valley. 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 Halsey Valley ...
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 Halsey Valley: Halsey Vly. (or less commonly used: Halsey Vally. or Halsey Vlly.)
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Halsey Valley is located in Tioga 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 Tioga County: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Susquehanna (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Halsey Valley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Halsey Valley:
- Tioga County (The home county of Halsey Valley)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- West Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Barton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hamar Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Smithboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lounsberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Candor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Hoopers Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Owego
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Nichols
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- Maine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Endicott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Vestal
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Endwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Glen Aubrey
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willow Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Willow Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Point
- Johnson City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Ireland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- West Chenango
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Manningville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Binghamton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Castle Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- Van Etten
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Owens Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Erin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Chemung
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Elmira Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Elmira
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Horseheads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Southport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Pine Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Elmira
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- Harford Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- Alpine
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Cayutaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Odessa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mecklenburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montour Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Wedgewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Bennettsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Perry City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Watkins Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Dams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- Caton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- South Corning
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- South Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Corning
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,080 people
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- West Danby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- White Church
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Caroline Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Besemer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Newfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Slaterville Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- South Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Forest Home
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Ithaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Varna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Cayuga Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- Sayre
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- 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>
- South Waverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Athens
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Vawter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- Bumpville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- North Orwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- West Warren
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Warren Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- Bentley Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Middletown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Rome
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Potterville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- Fassett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- Little Meadows
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Friendsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brackney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Rushville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rushville is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rushville
- Forest Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Lake is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lake
- Tioga County (PA)
- Millerton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Halsey Valley, see our County-by-County Page for Halsey Valley.
Cemeteries Near Halsey Valley ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Halsey Valley.
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 Halsey Valley - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Halsey Valley covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- Halsey Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Barton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Beaver Meadows Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barton Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baptist Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Germany Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Schumacher Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ferris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (399 more) ...
- Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Candor Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Halsey Valley had a population of 221 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Halsey Valley, with the one closest to Halsey Valley listed first.
- North Barton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Barton is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Barton
- Straits Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Straits Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Corners
- Reniff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reniff is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reniff
- Spencer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Lockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Barton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Catatonk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Catatonk is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catatonk
- Smithboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Tioga Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Van Etten
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hoopers Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- North Spencer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Candor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Halsey Valley. See our List of 1890's Communities around Halsey Valley.
Newspapers Published in Halsey Valley ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Halsey Valley.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Halsey Valley, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Halsey Valley.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Halsey Valley:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna County
- Tioga 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> | 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 Halsey Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Halsey Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |