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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 Ingalls Crossing (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 Ingalls Crossing. 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 Ingalls Crossing ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Ingalls Crossing: Ingalls Xing.
  • While the name of this community is Ingalls Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Ingalls Crossing may originally have been Ingall's Crossing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Ingalls Crossing might be written as Ingall Crossing.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Ingalls Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ingalls Crossing.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Sixteenth Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sixteenth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sixteenth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gilberts Mills Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilberts Mills Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilberts Mills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Volney Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Volney Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Volney Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Adnah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Marys Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Marys Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hinmansville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Southwest Palermo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Southwest Palermo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Southwest Palermo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pennellville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Roosevelt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roosevelt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Roosevelt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chase Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Palermo Center Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palermo Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palermo Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clifford Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clifford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clifford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Van Buren Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Buren Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Van Buren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Granby Center Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Granby Center Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Granby Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Merritt Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merritt Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merritt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ingalls Crossing had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Volney
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Volney have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Volney
    • Volney is located in Oswego County
  • Fulton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • South Granby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hinmansville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Phoenix
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Palermo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palermo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palermo
    • Palermo is located in Oswego County
  • Granby Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bowens Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Utica
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lamson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamson
    • Lamson is located in Onondaga County
  • East Palermo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Palermo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palermo
    • East Palermo is located in Oswego County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Clifford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
      • Clifford is located in Oswego County
    • Caughdenoy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • North Volney
      (7 miles [11.3 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 Ingalls Crossing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ingalls Crossing.

Newspapers Published in Ingalls Crossing ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ingalls Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ingalls Crossing, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ingalls Crossing.

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 Ingalls Crossing:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ingalls Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oswego County: www.co.oswego.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ingalls Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ingalls Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3089, Longitude: -76.3505       In this case, the coordinates for Ingalls Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>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 Ingalls Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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