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 Lebanon (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 Lebanon. 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 Lebanon ...
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 Lebanon: S. Lebanon
You might be interested in other communities that are also named South Lebanon. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Lebanon.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
South Lebanon is located in Madison 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 Madison County: Chenango, Cortland, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego & Otsego.
Below are the counties that are near South Lebanon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Lebanon:
- Madison County (The home county of South Lebanon)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- Earlville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Randallsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- West Eaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Center is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Center
- Pecksport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pecksport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
- Morrisville Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morrisville Station is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisville Station
- Morrisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pine Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Woods is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Woods
- East Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hamilton
- South Hamilton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- South Hamilton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hamilton
- Bouckville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- Upper Lisle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Killawog
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- Otselic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Beaver Meadow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Smyrna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Sherburne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Otselic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Plymouth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Norwich
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Norwich is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Norwich
- Columbus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Pitcher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Button City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Button City is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- Crains Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Truxton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Solon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Cummings Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- East Homer
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Preble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Slab City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- McGraw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Little York
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- East Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- West Winfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Norwich Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Norwich Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich Corners
- Chepachet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chepachet is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepachet
- Cedarville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- Oriskany Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stockwell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockwell
- Augusta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Augusta is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augusta
- Sangerfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waterville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sherrill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bridgewater
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Oneida Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Oneida Castle is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Castle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 603 people
- Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sconondoa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sconondoa is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sconondoa
- North Bridgewater
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Bridgewater is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bridgewater
- Cassville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- Delphi Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fabius
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pompey Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pompey Center is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pompey Center
- Pompey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Apulia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Berwyn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Log City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Log City is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log City
- Watervale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watervale is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervale
- Eagle Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- Manlius
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Assembly Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- South Edmeston
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Edmeston is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Edmeston
- Pittsfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Edmeston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Burlington Flats
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- West Burlington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Garrattsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Plainfield Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Plainfield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Center
- Morris
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gilbertsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Welcome is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Copes Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Copes Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copes Corner
- Patent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Patent is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Lebanon, see our County-by-County Page for South Lebanon.
Cemeteries Near South Lebanon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Lebanon.
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 Lebanon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Lebanon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- Lebanon Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Niles Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bonney Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hawk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Maple Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Otselic.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65178 <2>
- Willcox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willcox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Willcox Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
- The Willcox Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wilcok Cemetery
- Wilcox Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66738 <2>
- Earlville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Shapley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Eaton Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West End Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smyrna East Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Eaton Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Allard Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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 South Lebanon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Lebanon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Lebanon, with the one closest to South Lebanon listed first.
- Lebanon
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lebanon is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Otselic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Georgetown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Earlville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Randallsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Randallsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
- Otselic Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Beaver Meadow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Smyrna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Eaton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Eaton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Eaton
- Poolville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Poolville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolville
- Hamilton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mariposa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mariposa is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariposa
- Pecksport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pecksport is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
- Erieville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Lebanon. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Lebanon.
Newspapers Published in South Lebanon ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Lebanon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Lebanon, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Lebanon.
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 helpful 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 Lebanon:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Madison County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Herkimer County
- Oneida County
- Onondaga County
- Otsego County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 Lebanon, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Lebanon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |