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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 West Tiana (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 West Tiana. 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 West Tiana ...

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 West Tiana: W. Tiana

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 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.

West Tiana is located in Suffolk County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of West Tiana)
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Tiana, with the one closest to West Tiana listed first.
    • Hampton Bays
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Squiretown
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Squiretown is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squiretown
    • East Quogue
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Quogue
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shinnecock Hills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Shinnecock Hills is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinnecock Hills
    • Flanders
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Quioque
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Quioque is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quioque
    • Art Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Art Village is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art Village
    • Jamesport
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Westhampton Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Westhampton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Pine Valley is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
    • Aquebogue
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Middlesex County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Tiana, with the one closest to West Tiana listed first.
    • Clinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Grove Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Grove Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Beach
    • Plum Bank Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Plum Bank Beach is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bank Beach
    • Westbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Clinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,881 people
    • Fenwick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Fenwick is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenwick
    • Saybrook Manor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Saybrook Manor is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook Manor
    • Westbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Westbrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,842 people
  • New Haven County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from West Tiana, with the one closest to West Tiana listed first.
    • East River
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • East River is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
    • Madison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Stony Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Stony Creek is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
    • Guilford
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Pine Orchard
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Pine Orchard is located in New Haven County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Orchard

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

Cemeteries Near West Tiana ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Tiana.

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 West Tiana - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Good Grond Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • East Quogue Methodist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shinnecock Indian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jamesport Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary RC Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Southampton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Aquebogue Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverhead Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Laurel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Northville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sound Ave. Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (141 more) ...
    • Old Southampton Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • North End Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • North Sea Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>

While we didn't find West Tiana in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Tiana.

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

  • East Quogue
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Quogue
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Shinnecock Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Shinnecock Hills is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinnecock Hills
  • Flanders
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Westhampton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jamesport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Aquebogue
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverhead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Speonk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Southampton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Southampton is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,313 people
    • Southampton has also been known as:
    • Southampton village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southampton <1>
  • New Suffolk
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mattituck
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Eastport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Eastport is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastport
    • Watermill
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Watermill is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watermill
    • Cutchogue
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in West Tiana ...

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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Tiana.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Tiana, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Tiana.

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 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 West Tiana:

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 West Tiana, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Tiana) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.