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 Shreiners (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 Shreiners. 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.
Shreiners is located in Snyder 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 Snyder County: Juniata, Mifflin, Northumberland & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Shreiners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shreiners:
- Snyder County (The home county of Shreiners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hummels Wharf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kratzerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Selinsgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kreamer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Freeburg is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Globe Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Globe Mills is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Mills
- Dundore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dundore is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
- Port Trevorton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Middleburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pallas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pallas is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pallas
- Penns Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Livonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Livonia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livonia
- Woodward
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fiedler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Fiedler is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiedler
- Wolfs Store
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wolfs Store is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Store
- Ingleby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ingleby is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleby
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Loganton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rauchtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rauchtown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rauchtown
- Greenburr
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Greenburr is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenburr
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Grovania
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Grovania is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovania
- Catawissa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Buckhorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Buckhorn is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
- Jerseytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jerseytown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerseytown
- Rupert
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rupert is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
- Queen City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Queen City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
- Slabtown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Slabtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
- Bloomsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eyers Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eyers Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eyers Grove
- Fernville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fernville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernville
- Mordansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mordansville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mordansville
- Numidia
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Numidia is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Pillow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Erdman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Erdman is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
- Berrysburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gratz
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Paxton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Paxton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Loyalton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
- Elizabethville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lykens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Millersburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rife
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rife is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rife
- Dayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dayton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Knousetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Knousetown is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knousetown
- Richfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Stars
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Stars is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Swales
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Swales is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swales
- McAlisterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsontown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Gold Mine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
- Murray
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murray is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Green Point
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Point is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Lycoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Montgomery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Maple Hill is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Hill
- Muncy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Collomsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Collomsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collomsville
- Muncy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Muncy is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muncy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,191 people
- South Williamsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Duboistown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Duboistown is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duboistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,170 people
- Faxon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Faxon is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faxon
- Montoursville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Williamsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lairdsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lairdsville is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lairdsville
- Garden View
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Garden View is located in Lycoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden View
- Montour County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Mooresburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mooresburg is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresburg
- Danville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
- Washingtonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Washingtonville is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washingtonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 270 people
- Exchange
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Exchange is located in Montour County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exchange
- Northumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Sunbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Northumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Selinsgrove Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction
- Asherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Asherton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton
- Mile Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mile Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run
- Keefers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Keefers is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keefers
- Augustaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Augustaville is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustaville
- Snydertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Snydertown is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 316 people
- Potts Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Farnsworth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farnsworth is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnsworth
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- Herndon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Liverpool
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pfoutz Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pfoutz Valley is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfoutz Valley
- Reward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Reward is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reward
- Millerstown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- New Buffalo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- New Buffalo is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Buffalo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
- Bailey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bailey is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Newport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Klingerstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rough and Ready
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rough and Ready is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Pitman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Haas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haas is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haas
- Valley View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hegins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tower City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lavelle - Locustdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lavelle - Locustdale is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavelle - Locustdale
- Lavelle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fountain is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Orwin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Ashland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lewisburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Linntown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Linntown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linntown
- New Berlin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- West Milton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- New Columbia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mazeppa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mazeppa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mazeppa
- Mifflinburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Red Bank
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Red Bank is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Millmont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Allenwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hartleton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hartleton is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartleton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shreiners, see our County-by-County Page for Shreiners.
Cemeteries Near Shreiners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shreiners.
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 Shreiners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shreiners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Orchard Hills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Side Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sunbury Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pomfret Manor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomfret Manor Cemetery
- The Pomfret Manor Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pompret Manor Cemetery
- Riverview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Guier Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Salem Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem Lutheran Cemetery
- The Salem Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Row's Lutheran Cemetery
- Salem Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1989226 <2>
- Sharon Lutheran Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lantz Emmanuel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (167 more) ...
- Lewisburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Luntz Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Berlin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
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 Shreiners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shreiners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shreiners, with the one closest to Shreiners listed first.
- Shamokin Dam
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hummels Wharf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunbury
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kapp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kapp is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kapp
- Kratzerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Kratzerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kratzerville
- Winfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Winfield is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Northumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Salem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Salem is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Selinsgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Selinsgrove Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Selinsgrove Junction is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove Junction
- Dry Valley Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Asherton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Asherton is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asherton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Mile Run
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mile Run is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Run
- Chillisquaque
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chillisquaque is located in Northumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chillisquaque
- Kantz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kantz is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kantz
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shreiners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shreiners.
Newspapers Published in Shreiners ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shreiners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shreiners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shreiners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Shreiners:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Snyder County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Centre County
- Clinton County
- Columbia County
- Dauphin County
- Juniata County
- Lebanon County
- Luzerne County
- Lycoming County
- Montour County
- Northumberland County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- Union 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 Shreiners, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shreiners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |