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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 South Bombay (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 South Bombay. 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 South Bombay ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for South Bombay: S. Bombay

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 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 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.

South Bombay is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Clinton, Essex, Hamilton & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of South Bombay)
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Bombay, with the one closest to South Bombay listed first.
    • Bombay
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Moira
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Brushton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Covington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hogansburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Alburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • Westville Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
    • East Dickinson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • West Bangor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Bangor
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Skerry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Constable
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Bombay, with the one closest to South Bombay listed first.
    • Harrigan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Harrigan is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrigan
    • Churubusco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from South Bombay, with the one closest to South Bombay listed first.
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Helena
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Rooseveltown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Brasher Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Winthrop
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Nicholville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hopkinton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Massena Springs
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
    • Massena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>
    • Brookdale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • North Stockholm
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
    • Raymondville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near South Bombay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Bombay.

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 South Bombay - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Maple Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Hillside Rest Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Moira Community Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Peters Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Brushton.
    • The St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old St. Mary's Cemetery
    • St. Mary's RC Church Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2546143 <2>
  • Southworth Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Wylie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Coal Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (135 more) ...
    • Elmwood Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Fort Covington.
      • The St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66082 <2>
    • St. Mary's Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that South Bombay had a population of 49 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Bombay
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Moira
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Brushton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fort Covington Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Covington Center is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Covington Center
  • Alburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Alburg is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
  • Fort Covington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Hogansburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Brasher Iron Works
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
  • North Lawrence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • North Lawrence is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lawrence
  • East Dickinson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
  • West Bangor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
  • North Bangor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Westville Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
    • Helena
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lawrenceville
      (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 South Bombay. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Bombay.

Newspapers Published in South Bombay ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Bombay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Bombay, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Bombay.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 South Bombay:

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 South Bombay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- South Bombay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.