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 East Sandy (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 East Sandy. 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 East Sandy ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for East Sandy: E. Sandy
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 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.
East Sandy is located in Venango 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 Venango County: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Mercer & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near East Sandy. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Sandy:
- Venango County (The home county of East Sandy)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Coal City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Cranberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Seneca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Uniontown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Saint George
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Hill City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Woodland Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Heights
- Emlenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oil City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Siverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Nicklin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Nickleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Parker
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Fredericksburg is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
- Queenstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Kaylor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kaylor is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaylor
- Wattersonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Rimer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rimer is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rimer
- Tidal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Butler County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Cherry Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cherry Valley is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Eau Claire
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Murrinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Murrinsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrinsville
- Ferris
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Ferris is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferris
- Bruin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bruin is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 489 people
- Harrisville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Forestville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Bovard
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Petrolia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Petrolia is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrolia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
- Branchton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Branchton is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchton
- Hooker
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hooker is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Karns City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Lamartine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Turkey City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Turkey City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey City
- Pine City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Foxburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Alum Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alum Rock is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alum Rock
- Beaver City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
- Knox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monroe is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Saint Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Iron City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Jefferson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Venus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Elk City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Deckard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Black Ash
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Cochranton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Gresham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Titusville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hydetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Frenchtown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Guys Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Townville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Tryonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Wayland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wayland is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Blooming Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Tionesta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Fagundus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Jefferson County
- Ella
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Volant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harlansburg is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlansburg
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Kilgore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- North Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Perrine Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- New Lebanon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Sandy Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Stoneboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Enterprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Enterprise is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Perrys Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Perrys Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrys Corners
- Swamproot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Swamproot is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swamproot
- Jackson Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Vernon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Clarks Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clarks Mills is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Enterprise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Tidioute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Sandy, see our County-by-County Page for East Sandy.
Cemeteries Near East Sandy ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Sandy.
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 East Sandy - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Sandy covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Melat Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pine Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Hill Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Graham Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Catherines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shaffer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Morrison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Farren Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bickle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (152 more) ...
- Georgeville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Franklin Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Franklin Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Franklin.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #44879 <2>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, East Sandy had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Sandy, with the one closest to East Sandy listed first.
- Astral
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Astral is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astral
- Foster
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Foster is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster
- Coal City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coal City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Rockland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rockland is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Cranberry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- Brandon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Brandon is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
- Seneca
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kennerdell
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Saint George is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Pittsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pittsville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsville
- Reno
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Franklin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Emlenton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nickleville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Siverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Sandy. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Sandy.
Newspapers Published in East Sandy ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Sandy.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Sandy, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Sandy.
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 East Sandy:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Mercer County
- Warren 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> | 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 East Sandy, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Sandy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |