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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 Shoreham (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 Shoreham. 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.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Shoreham is located in Suffolk County.

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

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of Shoreham)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shoreham, with the one closest to Shoreham listed first.
    • Rocky Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • East Shoreham
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • East Shoreham is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Shoreham
    • Wading River
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Sound Beach
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Ridge is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
    • Miller Place
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Middle Island
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Upton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Sinai
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Manorville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Coram
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gordon Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Gordon Heights is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Heights
    • Port Jefferson Station
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shoreham, with the one closest to Shoreham listed first.
    • Laurel Hollow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
    • Woodbury
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shoreham, with the one closest to Shoreham listed first.
    • Stratford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Stratford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stratford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,660 people
    • Black Rock
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Black Rock is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
    • Bridgeport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
    • Bridgeport
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Bridgeport is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 143,525 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <1>
    • Fairfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Oronoque
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Oronoque is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oronoque
    • Melville Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Melville Village is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Village
    • Nichols
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Nichols is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nichols
    • Southport
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,215 people
    • Greens Farms
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Trumbull
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shoreham, with the one closest to Shoreham listed first.
    • Clinton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Clinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shoreham, with the one closest to Shoreham listed first.
    • Milford
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milford <1>
    • Milford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Milford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,781 people
    • Short Beach
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Short Beach is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short Beach
    • West Haven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Branford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Branford is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,736 people
    • Branford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • East Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Pine Orchard
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard
    • Stony Creek
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • West Haven
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • West Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 54,367 people
    • Allingtown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • East Haven
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Haven is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,454 people
    • Orange
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Orange is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,882 people

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

Cemeteries Near Shoreham ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shoreham.

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 Shoreham - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Noah Hallock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Olivers Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Wading River Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Washington Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Calverton National Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Methodist Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Longwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Johah Smith Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • The Old Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Old Catholic Cemetery
    • The Old Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • The Old Middle Country Road Cemetery
  • Coram Village Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Coram Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (278 more) ...
    • Elijah Davis Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Methodist Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Wells Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 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.<3>

While we didn't find Shoreham in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shoreham.

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

  • Rocky Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wading River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Middle Island
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Mount Sinai
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Coram
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Manorville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Terryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Terryville is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terryville
  • Yaphank
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Baiting Hollow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Port Jefferson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Selden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Calverton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Medford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • South Haven
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • South Haven is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
    • Setauket
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shoreham. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shoreham.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Shoreham ...

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 143 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shoreham.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Shoreham. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Shoreham and those printed in the larger area surrounding Shoreham.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of Shoreham.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Shoreham:

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 Shoreham, 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- Shoreham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.