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 New Ireland (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 New Ireland. 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 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.
New Ireland is located in Erie 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 Erie County: Chautauqua (NY), Ashtabula (OH), Crawford (OH) & Warren (OH).
Below are the counties that are near New Ireland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to New Ireland:
- Erie County (The home county of New Ireland)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Ireland, with the one closest to New Ireland listed first.
- Mill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- LeBoeuf Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- LeBoeuf Garden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LeBoeuf Garden
- Waterford Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waterford Station is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
- Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Arbuckle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Beaver Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Elgin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elgin is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Wattsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Edinboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Phillipsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Phillipsville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- McKean
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McKean is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 366 people
- McKean has also been known as:
- Middleboro
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McKean <1>
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Ireland, with the one closest to New Ireland listed first.
- Brown Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brown Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Hill
- Canadohta Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canadohta Lake is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadohta Lake
- Rootville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rootville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
- Lincolnville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Cambridge Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riceville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
- Woodcock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodcock is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodcock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Spartansburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Venango
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Blooming Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blooming Valley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 311 people
- Townville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Townville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 306 people
- Forest County
- Fagundus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Mercer County
- Milledgeville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Milledgeville is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milledgeville
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Ireland, with the one closest to New Ireland listed first.
- Wilson Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Cooperstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Pleasantville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shamburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shamburg is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamburg
- Petroleum Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Petroleum Center is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum Center
- Rynd Farm
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rynd Farm is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynd Farm
- Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Pithole City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Plumer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Rouseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from New Ireland, with the one closest to New Ireland listed first.
- Colza
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Colza is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Columbus
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Spring Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- East Branch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Branch is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Branch
- Sanford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sanford is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
- Selkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
- Bear Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Garland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Garland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Lottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- Enterprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Pittsfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tidioute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chautauqua County (NY)
- The following are listed by their distance from New Ireland, with the one closest to New Ireland listed first.
- French Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- French Creek is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- Findley Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Clymer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Clymer is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Clymer
- Slab City
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Sherman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Niobe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Panama
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ripley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stebbins Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stebbins Corners is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stebbins Corners
- Stedman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stedman is located in Chautauqua County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stedman
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to New Ireland, see our County-by-County Page for New Ireland.
Cemeteries Near New Ireland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Ireland.
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 New Ireland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for New Ireland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from New Ireland, with the one closest to New Ireland listed first.
- Mackey Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chapinville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shreve Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Teresa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Waterford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Loomis Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bonnell Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bloomfield Burying Ground
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Trow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Sharpes Corners Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpes Corners Cemetery
- The Sharpes Corners Cemetery has also been known as:
- Sharpe Cemetery
- Concord Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Smith Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
While we didn't find New Ireland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Ireland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from New Ireland, with the one closest to New Ireland listed first.
- Mill Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mill Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 383 people
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Millers Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Millers Station is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Station
- Waterford Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waterford Station is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Station
- Waterford
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brown Hill is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown Hill
- Lakeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Tillotson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tillotson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillotson
- McLallen Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McLallen Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLallen Corners
- Rootville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rootville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
- Lincolnville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincolnville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
- Arbuckle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Drakes Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Drakes Mills is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Mills
- Teepleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Teepleville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teepleville
- Little Cooley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Little Cooley is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cooley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around New Ireland. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Ireland.
Newspapers Published in New Ireland ...
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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Ireland.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Ireland, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Ireland.
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 either 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 New Ireland:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Erie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Crawford County
- Forest County
- Mercer County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- Chautauqua 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 New Ireland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Ireland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |