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 Ambau (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 Ambau. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Ambau is located in York County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of York County: Baltimore (MD), Carroll (MD), Harford (MD), Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin & Lancaster.
Below are the counties that are near Ambau. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ambau:
- York County (The home county of Ambau)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Valley Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Valley Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Strickhousers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Strickhousers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickhousers
- La Bott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- La Bott is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bott
- Thomasville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hanover Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hanover Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Junction
- Seven Valleys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Grove is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,179 people
- New Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Salem is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 794 people
- Brodbecks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brodbecks is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodbecks
- Parkville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Parkville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Abbottstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McSherrystown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Midway is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- East Berlin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Edgegrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Edgegrove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgegrove
- New Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hampton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- Brush Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brush Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brush Run
- Newchester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Lake Meade
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Littlestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitehall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Whitehall is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Lisburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Hunters Run
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hunters Run is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Allenview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Mount Holly Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Boiling Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Allen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Mechanicsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roxbury
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Roxbury is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
- Shiremanstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Trindle Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Trindle Springs is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trindle Springs
- Barnitz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Barnitz is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnitz
- Craighead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Craighead is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craighead
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Royalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Highspire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Middletown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Steelton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Clifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Lawnton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Paxtang
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Paxtang is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxtang
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hillside Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Village
- Penbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penbrook
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,976 people
- Rutherford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Edgemont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Falmouth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Maytown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Borough
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Washington Borough is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Borough
- Creswell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Creswell is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creswell
- Highville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Highville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highville
- Elizabethtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rheems
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Aberdeen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Central Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Central Manor is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Manor
- Baltimore County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Eklo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eklo is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eklo
- Oakland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Freeland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maryland Line is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland Line
- Shamburg ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shamburg is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Walker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Walker is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
- Trenton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Trenton is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Gorsuch Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gorsuch Mills is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorsuch Mills
- Mount Carmel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Carmel is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
- Parkton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trump
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Trump is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
- Shane
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shane is located in Baltimore County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shane
- Carroll County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Lineboro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lineboro is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lineboro
- Young Mans Fancy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Young Mans Fancy is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Mans Fancy
- Roller
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roller is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roller
- Manchester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Reeds Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Reeds Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Village
- Rockbrook Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Rockbrook Village is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockbrook Village
- Hampstead
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Westminster
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Frizzellburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frizzellburg is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frizzellburg
- Frizzellburg has also been known as:
- Frizels
- Harney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harney is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harney
- Taneytown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone is located in Carroll County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Frederick County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Emmitsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ladiesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ladiesburg is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladiesburg
- Sams Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sams Creek is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Creek
- New Midway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Midway is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Midway
- Oak Orchard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Orchard is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Orchard
- Rocky Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Unionville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Unionville is located in Frederick County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Harford County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Shawsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shawsville is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawsville
- Federal Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Federal Hill is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Federal Hill
- Jarrettsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hess
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hess is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hess
- Pylesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cambria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cambria is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambria
- Whiteford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Coopstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coopstown is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopstown
- Putnam Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Putnam Village is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Village
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Street
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Crossroads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Crossroads is located in Harford County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Crossroads
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ambau, see our County-by-County Page for Ambau.
Cemeteries Near Ambau ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ambau.
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 Ambau - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ambau covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Porters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Folkenroth Burial Grounds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- York Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York Road Cemetery
- The York Road Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bairs Meeting House Cemetery
- Hershey Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dubs Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bucher Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mumma Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise Holtzschwamm Lutheran Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Paradise Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Cemetery
- The Paradise Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paradise Union Church Cemetery
- Codorus Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rest Haven Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (356 more) ...
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Hanover.
- The St. Joseph Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #819773 <3>
- Mt. Olivet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Prospect Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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 Ambau in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ambau.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ambau, with the one closest to Ambau listed first.
- Menges Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Menges Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menges Mills
- Iron Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Iron Ridge is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Ridge
- Porters Sideling
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Porters Sideling is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porters Sideling
- Jacobs Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jacobs Mills is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Mills
- Valley Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Valley Junction is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Junction
- Jefferson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Farmers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Farmers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers
- Marburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marburg is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marburg
- Strickhousers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Strickhousers is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strickhousers
- La Bott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- La Bott is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Bott
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Hanover
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Neiman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Neiman is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neiman
- Bair
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bair is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bair
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ambau. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ambau.
Newspapers Published in Ambau ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ambau.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ambau, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ambau.
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 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 Ambau:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to York County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Baltimore County
- Carroll County
- Frederick County
- Harford County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ambau) 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 Ambau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |