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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 Kegg (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 Kegg. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Kegg is located in Bedford 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 Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.

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

  • Bedford County     (The home county of Kegg)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kegg, with the one closest to Kegg listed first.
    • Schellsburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Manns Choice
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • New Paris
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hyndman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Charlesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Wolfsburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wolfsburg is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsburg
    • Bedford
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Cliffs ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cliffs is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs
    • Pleasantville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
    • Rainsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Rainsburg is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsburg
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
    • Ott Town
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Yount
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beans Cove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Blair County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kegg, with the one closest to Kegg listed first.
    • Cotton Town
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cotton Town is located in Blair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
    • Claysburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blue Knob
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Puzzletown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Roaring Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • East Sharpsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
  • Cambria County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kegg, with the one closest to Kegg listed first.
    • Scalp Level
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Scalp Level is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalp Level
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
    • Dunlo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Ingleside
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ingleside is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
    • Geistown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Geistown is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geistown
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
    • Salix
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Belmont
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Belmont is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Beaverdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ferndale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Lorain
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Lorain is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 680 people
    • Saint Michael
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sidman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Dale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Elim
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Elim is located in Cambria County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elim
  • Fayette County
    • Seven Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Fulton County
  • Somerset County
  • Westmoreland County
  • Allegany County (MD)
  • Garrett County (MD)
  • Mineral County (WV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kegg, with the one closest to Kegg listed first.
    • Ridgeley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Carpendale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Carpendale is located in Mineral County (WV)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpendale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
    • Wiley Ford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Short Gap
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Morgan County (WV)

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

Cemeteries Near Kegg ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kegg.

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 Kegg - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Kegg had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • West End
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • West End is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West End
  • New Buena Vista
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • New Buena Vista is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buena Vista
  • New Baltimore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Bard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bard is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
  • Glen Savage
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Glen Savage is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Savage
  • Buffalo Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Buffalo Mills is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Mills
  • Schellsburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Madley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Madley is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madley
  • Helixville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Helixville is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helixville
  • Manns Choice
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Boone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Boone is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
  • Daley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Daley is located in Somerset County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daley
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Glade
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Glade is located in Somerset County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
    • Fossilville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Fossilville is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossilville
    • Burning Bush
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Burning Bush is located in Bedford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Bush

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

Newspapers Published in Kegg ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kegg.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kegg, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kegg.

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 Kegg:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kegg) 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 Kegg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.