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 Keaches Corners (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 Keaches Corners. 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 Keaches Corners ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Keaches Corners: Keaches Cors.
- While the name of this community is Keaches Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Keaches Corners may originally have been Keache's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Keaches Corners might be written as Keache Corners.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Keaches Corners is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cattaraugus, Erie, Erie (PA) & Warren (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Keaches Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Keaches Corners:
- Chautauqua County (The home county of Keaches Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Keaches Corners, with the one closest to Keaches Corners listed first.
- Forestville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Silver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Parcells Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Parcells Corners is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parcells Corners
- Irving
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wango
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wango is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wango
- Dunkirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cassadaga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Brocton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moons
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Moons is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moons
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keaches Corners, with the one closest to Keaches Corners listed first.
- Cottage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Perrysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Dayton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gowanda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Persia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Persia is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persia
- Leon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Conewango
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Conewango is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewango
- Cattaraugus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Axeville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Axeville is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axeville
- Otto
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brooklyn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brooklyn is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Eddyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Eddyville is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Keaches Corners, with the one closest to Keaches Corners listed first.
- Farnham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Erie Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Erie Beach is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Erie Beach
- Angola-on-the-Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Angola-on-the-Lake is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angola-on-the-Lake
- Angola
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Collins
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pontiac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pontiac is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Shirley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Shirley is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
- Derby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eden
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Morton Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Morton Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corners
- Wyandale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wyandale is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Keaches Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Keaches Corners.
Cemeteries Near Keaches Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Keaches Corners.
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 Keaches Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Keaches Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Keaches Corners, with the one closest to Keaches Corners listed first.
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Forestville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2185097 <3>
- Glenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Prospect Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Smith Mills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sheridan Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Abbey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pope Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Balltown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Newell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ball Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (179 more) ...
- Rathburn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perrysburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Keaches Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Keaches Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Keaches Corners, with the one closest to Keaches Corners listed first.
- Forestville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Silver Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sheridan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Nashville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nashville is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashville
- Irving
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Arkwright
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Arkwright is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright
- Wango
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wango is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wango
- Cottage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Laona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Laona is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
- Hamlet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hamlet is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Perrysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Versailles
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Farnham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dunkirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fredonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Keaches Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Keaches Corners.
Newspapers Published in Keaches Corners ...
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 157 newspapers that have been published in the area around Keaches Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Keaches Corners, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Keaches Corners.
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 Keaches Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chautauqua County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie 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 Keaches Corners, 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- Keaches Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |