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 Harris Hill Manor (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 Harris Hill Manor. 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 Harris Hill Manor ...
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 Harris Hill Manor: Harris Hill Mnr.
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.
Harris Hill Manor is located in Chemung 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 Chemung County: Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Tioga (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Harris Hill Manor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Harris Hill Manor:
- Chemung County (The home county of Harris Hill Manor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- West Elmira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Big Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elmira Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Webb Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Southport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Sagetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Horseheads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Pine Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Post Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Sullivanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Beaver Dams
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Moreland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moreland is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
- Catharine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Montour Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Townsend
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Alpine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Watkins Glen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cayutaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Reading Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Caton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- South Corning
(7 miles [11.3 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
- Corning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Painted Post
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gang Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Hornby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Lindley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Presho
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Presho is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Presho
- Coopers Plains
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Campbell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Campbell
- Addison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Campbell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Lockwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Spencer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Barton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Hoopers Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Smithboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Candor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Nichols
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lounsberry is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lounsberry
- Candor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Newfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Danby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Glenora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Fassett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Gillett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gillett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
- Coryland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Coryland is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coryland
- Bentley Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Berrytown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Berrytown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrytown
- Middletown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Austinville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Austinville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austinville
- Big Pond
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Columbia Cross Roads
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Columbia Cross Roads is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Cross Roads
- South Waverly
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Sylvania
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sylvania is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Sayre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- 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>
- East Smithfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Smithfield is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Smithfield
- Tioga County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Millerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Lawrenceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 633 people
- Pritchard ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pritchard is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pritchard
- Roseville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Tioga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Farmington Hill is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington Hill
- Hammond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hammond is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
- Mansfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mainesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mainesburg is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainesburg
- Elkland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Osceola
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Osceola is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Covington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Keeneyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keeneyville is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeneyville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Harris Hill Manor, see our County-by-County Page for Harris Hill Manor.
Cemeteries Near Harris Hill Manor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harris Hill Manor.
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 Harris Hill Manor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harris Hill Manor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Dutch Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rural Home Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodland National Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66781 <2>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Second Street Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn National Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Goff Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sagetown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (351 more) ...
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton Street Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Harris Hill Manor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harris Hill Manor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Harris Hill Manor, with the one closest to Harris Hill Manor listed first.
- Big Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Corning
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Corning is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Corning
- Seeley Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Seeley Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seeley Creek
- Webb Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Webb Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Mills
- Southport
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Elmira
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Caton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Caton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caton
- Horseheads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Millerton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Millerton is located in Tioga County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
- Gibson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gibson is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- East Elmira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elmira
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ferenbaugh
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ferenbaugh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferenbaugh
- Corning
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Harris Hill Manor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harris Hill Manor.
Newspapers Published in Harris Hill Manor ...
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 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harris Hill Manor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harris Hill Manor, 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 Harris Hill Manor.
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 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 Harris Hill Manor:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chemung County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford 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> | 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 Harris Hill Manor, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harris Hill Manor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |