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 Braeburn (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 Braeburn. 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 hospitals 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.
Braeburn is located in Dauphin 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 Dauphin County: Cumberland, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill & York.
Below are the counties that are near Braeburn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Braeburn:
- Dauphin County (The home county of Braeburn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Middletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Bachmanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Hummelstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hershey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Highspire
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Rutherford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Lawnton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lawnton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawnton
- Springford Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Springford Village is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springford Village
- Steelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- East Berlin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Meade is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Meade
- Latimore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Latimore is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimore
- Abbottstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hampton is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
- York Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gargol is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gargol
- Heidlersburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Heidlersburg is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heidlersburg
- New Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newchester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newchester is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newchester
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Meckville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Mount Aetna
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Bethel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Womelsdorf
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- Robesonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Lemoyne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- New Cumberland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lisburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Wormleysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Camp Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Enola
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shiremanstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Allenview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Sporting Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sporting Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sporting Hill
- Westwood Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Aberdeen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Elizabethtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Rheems
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rheems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rheems
- Milton Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Milton Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Grove
- Billmeyer ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Billmeyer is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billmeyer
- Florin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Florin is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florin
- Maytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mastersonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Mount Joy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marietta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elstonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Lawn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Campbelltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Colebrook is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Palmyra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Fontana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fontana is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
- Mount Gretna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Mount Gretna Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Syner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Syner is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syner
- Annville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Quentin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Marysville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Cove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Duncannon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Rose Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Glen is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Glen
- Mecks Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mecks Corner is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecks Corner
- Bailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Suedberg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Irving
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Beuchler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Orwin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Tower City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Marstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Pine Grove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ravine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Keffers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Keffers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keffers
- Lorberry Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Goldsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- York Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redland Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Valley Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
- Mount Wolf
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Strinestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Strinestown is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strinestown
- Marsh Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Starview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- Quaker Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quaker Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Village
- Erney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Erney is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erney
- New Market
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- New Market is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Market
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Braeburn, see our County-by-County Page for Braeburn.
Cemeteries Near Braeburn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Braeburn.
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 Braeburn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Braeburn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Mt. Ober Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Goods Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Tunnel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oberholtzer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Middletown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Smoketown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Miller Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Falmouth Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shearer Farm Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Moyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milton Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (271 more) ...
- Fisher Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fetrow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Paddletown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<4>
While we didn't find Braeburn in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Braeburn.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Braeburn, with the one closest to Braeburn listed first.
- Conewago
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Conewago is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewago
- Aberdeen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Aberdeen is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
- Beverly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Beverly is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- Deodate
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deodate is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deodate
- Waltonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waltonville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltonville
- Middletown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elizabethtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bellaire
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bellaire is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
- Bachmanville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Clifton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Goldsboro
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- Falmouth
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Falmouth is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falmouth
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Hummelstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- York Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bainbridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Braeburn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Braeburn.
Newspapers Published in Braeburn ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Braeburn.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Braeburn, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Braeburn.
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 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 Braeburn:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Dauphin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Berks County
- Cumberland County
- Lancaster County
- Lebanon County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- York 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> | 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Braeburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Braeburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |