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 Shamburg (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 Shamburg. 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 Shamburg ...
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 Shamburg: E. Shamburg
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
East Shamburg 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 Shamburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Shamburg:
- Venango County (The home county of East Shamburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- Shamburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Pleasantville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pithole City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Plumer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Petroleum Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- President
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Rouseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Hasson Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- McClintock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Colonial Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Oil City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Siverly
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Siverly is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siverly
- Butler County
- Cherry Valley
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Clarion County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- Newmansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Venus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Venus is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus
- Wolfs Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Fryburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marble
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pine City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Leeper
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Iron City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Iron City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Elk City
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Elk City is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
- Knox
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lamartine
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lamartine is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamartine
- Arthurs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- Titusville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Hydetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hydetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hydetown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
- Vrooman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Tryonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tryonville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fauncetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fauncetown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fauncetown
- Townville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Black Ash
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Black Ash is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Ash
- Spartansburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Riceville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Deckard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Deckard is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckard
- Guys Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- Corry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Beaver Dam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Union City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- Jamison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fagundus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Trunkeyville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Balltown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Gilfoyle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Redclyffe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Iron City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Clarington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson County
- Ella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Mercer County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- North Sandy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Sandy is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sandy
- Milledgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- New Lebanon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- New Lebanon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Sandy Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- New Vernon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- New Vernon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Vernon
- Kilgore
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kilgore is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
- Perrine Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Perrine Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrine Corners
- Stoneboro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Selkirk
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Tidioute
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sanford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- East Branch
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Cobham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- West Spring Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- Garland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Pittsfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hermit Spring
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Colza
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Colza is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Youngsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Shamburg, see our County-by-County Page for East Shamburg.
Cemeteries Near East Shamburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Shamburg.
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 Shamburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Shamburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- Jerusalem Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Memory's Acre Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory's Acre Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Memory's Acre Cemetery is located in Pleasantville.
- The Memory's Acre Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pleasantville Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Asbury Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Neilltown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cheney Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- The Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Henderson Cemetery
- Curry Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Curry Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Titusville.
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- St. Catharine's RC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lamey Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
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 East Shamburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Shamburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Shamburg, with the one closest to East Shamburg listed first.
- Shamburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Pleasantville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Pithole City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- East Titusville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Titusville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Titusville
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Petroleum Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Plumer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Titusville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cherrytree
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherrytree is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrytree
- Stewart Run
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stewart Run is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart Run
- Gresham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gresham is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Rynd Farm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Rouseville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oleopolis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oleopolis is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oleopolis
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Shamburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Shamburg.
Newspapers Published in East Shamburg ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Shamburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Shamburg, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Shamburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Shamburg:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Venango County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Clarion County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Forest County
- Jefferson 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- East Shamburg) 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 East Shamburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |