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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 Salem (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 Salem. 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 Salem ...

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 Salem: S. Salem

You might be interested in other communities that are also named South Salem. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for South Salem.

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.

Cemeteries Near South Salem ...

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

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

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

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

  • South Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Delavan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Keeler Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Avery Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Knapp Barhite Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Waterbury Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hoyt Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Mead Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Reynolds - Cross River Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Brown Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Becks Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
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    • Ridgefield Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Boutonville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Boutonville is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boutonville
  • Lewisboro
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Titicus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Titicus is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titicus
  • Cross River
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Ridgefield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • North Salem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • North Salem is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
  • Pound Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Salem Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Salem Center is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Center
  • Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Branchville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Branchville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
  • Bedford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • North Wilton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • North Wilton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wilton
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    • Georgetown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ridgebury
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Ridgebury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgebury
    • Purdys
      (6 miles [9.7 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 Salem. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Salem.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of South Salem ...

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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Salem.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of South Salem. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of South Salem and those printed in the larger area surrounding South Salem.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> of South Salem.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Salem:

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Salem, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Salem) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.