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 Ives Settlement (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 Ives Settlement. 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 Ives Settlement ...
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.
While the name of this community is Ives Settlement, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Ives Settlement may originally have been Ive's Settlement.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Ives Settlement might be written as Ive Settlement.
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 hospitals and 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.
Ives Settlement is located in Chenango 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 Chenango County: Broome, Cortland, Delaware, Madison & Otsego.
Below are the counties that are near Ives Settlement. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ives Settlement:
- Chenango County (The home county of Ives Settlement)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ives Settlement, with the one closest to Ives Settlement listed first.
- Guilford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Yaleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yaleville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaleville
- East Guilford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Guilford is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
- Mount Upton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Lathams Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lathams Corners is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathams Corners
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
- Haynes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Norwich
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Afton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Adams Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ives Settlement, with the one closest to Ives Settlement listed first.
- Nineveh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Belden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Belden is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
- Center Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Village is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Creekside Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Creekside Village is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Village
- Harpursville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Colesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Colesville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Colesville
- Quinneville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Quinneville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinneville
- East Windsor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Windsor is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Windsor
- Ouaquaga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Triangle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Deposit
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Kattellville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kattellville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kattellville
- Windsor
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Windsor is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
- Cortland County
- Marathon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ives Settlement, with the one closest to Ives Settlement listed first.
- Sidney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Masonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sidney Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tacoma
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tacoma is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- China
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- China is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China
- Merrickville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrickville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrickville
- Barbourville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barbourville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
- North Franklin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Franklin is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Franklin
- Hambletville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hambletville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambletville
- Mundale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mundale is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mundale
- Walton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hamden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ives Settlement, with the one closest to Ives Settlement listed first.
- Earlville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- South Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
- East Hamilton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
- Hamilton Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Randallsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- Brookfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hamilton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ives Settlement, with the one closest to Ives Settlement listed first.
- Copes Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner
- Unadilla
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbertsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Youmans Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Youmans Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youmans Corner
- Wells Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Otego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Morris
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Oneonta
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Oneonta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oneonta
- West End
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- West End is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
- Pittsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Oneonta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Edmeston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Edmeston is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edmeston
- Laurens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ives Settlement, with the one closest to Ives Settlement listed first.
- Brandt
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brandt is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandt
- Lanesboro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oakland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
- Wayne County (PA)
- Sherman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sherman is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ives Settlement, see our County-by-County Page for Ives Settlement.
Cemeteries Near Ives Settlement ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ives Settlement.
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 Ives Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ives Settlement covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ives Settlement, with the one closest to Ives Settlement listed first.
- Ives Settlement Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Foote Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Guilford Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Yaleville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cooper Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Godfrey's Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Curtis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Gospel Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Guilford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maplewood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Mount Upton.
- The Maplewood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Maple Wood Cemetery
- Mt. Upton Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65218 <3>
- West Bainbridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pearsall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (416 more) ...
- Moore Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brooks Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rounds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Ives Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ives Settlement.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ives Settlement, with the one closest to Ives Settlement listed first.
- Guilford Center
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Guilford Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guilford Center
- Guilford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rockdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rockdale is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- East Guilford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Guilford is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Guilford
- Union Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Mount Upton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwells Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwells Mills is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwells Mills
- West Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Bainbridge is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bainbridge
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sidney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lathams Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lathams Corners is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathams Corners
- Haynes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haynes is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Oxford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Coventryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coventryville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
- Bennettsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bennettsville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ives Settlement. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ives Settlement.
Newspapers Published in Ives Settlement ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ives Settlement.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ives Settlement, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ives Settlement.
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 either 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 Ives Settlement:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chenango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cortland County
- Delaware County
- Madison County
- Otsego County
- Susquehanna County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ives Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ives Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |