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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 South Canisteo (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 Canisteo. 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 Canisteo ...

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.

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

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 and hospitals 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.

South Canisteo is located in Steuben 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 Steuben County: Allegany, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Yates, Potter (PA) & Tioga (PA).

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

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

Cemeteries Near South Canisteo ...

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

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 South Canisteo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Schenck Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Gully Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gully Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gully Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hampshire Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hampshire Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hampshire Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Swale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Thomas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thomas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bennetts Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bennetts Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bennetts Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stephens Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stephens Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stephens Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hallett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hallett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hallett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Eight Square Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eight Square Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eight Square Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tom Hallett Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tom Hallett Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tom Hallett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Talbot Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Baker Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baker Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Carter Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, South Canisteo had a post office and no railroad service.

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

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

Newspapers Published in South Canisteo ...

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 115 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Canisteo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Canisteo, 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 South Canisteo.

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 Canisteo:

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

The official website for Steuben County: www.steubencony.org/

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 South Canisteo, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Canisteo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Canisteo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1958, Longitude: -77.5511       In this case, the coordinates for South Canisteo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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