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 Wattlesburg (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 Wattlesburg. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Wattlesburg is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cattaraugus, Erie, Erie (PA) & Warren (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Wattlesburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wattlesburg:
- Chautauqua County (The home county of Wattlesburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wattlesburg, with the one closest to Wattlesburg listed first.
- Ripley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Forsyth is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forsyth
- Sherman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Findley Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Slab City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Westfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stebbins Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stebbins Corners is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stebbins Corners
- Hartfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hartfield is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartfield
- Stedman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Stedman is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stedman
- Wooglin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wooglin is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooglin
- Bournes Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bournes Beach is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bournes Beach
- French Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- French Creek is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wattlesburg, with the one closest to Wattlesburg listed first.
- Spartansburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Canadohta Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
- Lincolnville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lincolnville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wattlesburg, with the one closest to Wattlesburg listed first.
- Freeport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Freeport is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- North East
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hornby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Wattsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Phillipsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Phillipsville is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Lawrence Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lawrence Park is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence Park
- Wesleyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arbuckle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Beaver Dam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Corry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Erie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Erie is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95,077 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <1>
- Elgin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Elgin is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Kearsarge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kearsarge is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearsarge
- Warren County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wattlesburg, with the one closest to Wattlesburg listed first.
- Bear Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Colza
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Colza is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Lottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- Sugar Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Spring Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- East Branch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Branch is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wattlesburg, see our County-by-County Page for Wattlesburg.
Cemeteries Near Wattlesburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wattlesburg.
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 Wattlesburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wattlesburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wattlesburg, with the one closest to Wattlesburg listed first.
- South Ripley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Quincy Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Porter Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Ripley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Northville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mina Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Findley Lake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southwest of Sherman.
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sherman Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- Slab City Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1118552 <3>
- Sherman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Old St. James Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Continue List (141 more) ...
- Marks Corners Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Westfield Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Wattlesburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wattlesburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wattlesburg, with the one closest to Wattlesburg listed first.
- South Ripley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Ripley is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Ripley
- Ripley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lombard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lombard is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
- State Line
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- State Line is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Mina
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mina is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mina
- Sherman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Summerdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Summerdale is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
- Findley Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North East
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Westfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mayville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Moorheadville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Moorheadville is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorheadville
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Moorhead
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Moorhead is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhead
- Hornby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- French Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- French Creek is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wattlesburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wattlesburg.
Newspapers Published in Wattlesburg ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wattlesburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wattlesburg, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wattlesburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Wattlesburg:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chautauqua County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Warren 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wattlesburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Wattlesburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |