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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 Averyville (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 Averyville. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Averyville is located in Essex County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Essex County: Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Warren, Washington, Addison (VT) & Chittenden (VT).

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

  • Essex County     (The home county of Averyville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Averyville, with the one closest to Averyville listed first.
    • North Elba
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • North Elba is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
    • Ray Brook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Placid
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Whiteface
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Whiteface is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
    • Saranac Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bloomingdale
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Tahawus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Saint Huberts
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Huberts is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Huberts
    • Upper Jay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilmington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jay
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Newcomb
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Averyville, with the one closest to Averyville listed first.
    • Black Brook
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Brook is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Brook
    • Au Sable Forks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Clayburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Clayburg is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayburg
    • Thomasville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Thomasville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
    • Redford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Harkness
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Harkness is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkness
    • Moffitsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Moffitsville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Averyville, with the one closest to Averyville listed first.
    • Harrietstown
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
    • Franklin Falls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Franklin Falls is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Falls
    • Saranac Inn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
    • Paul Smiths
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alder Brook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Alder Brook is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Brook
    • Merrillsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Merrillsville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
    • Tupper Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Altamont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Altamont is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • Horseshoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe

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

Cemeteries Near Averyville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Averyville.

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

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

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

  • John Browns Grave
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • North Elba Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Bernards Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Holy Name Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Ingalls Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Estes Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Holt Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Shaw Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Norton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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 Averyville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Averyville.

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

  • Ray Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • North Elba
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • North Elba is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
  • Lake Placid
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Saranac Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Harrietstown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
  • Bloomingdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Keene
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Tahawus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Keene Valley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Franklin Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Franklin Falls is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Falls
  • Vermontville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Saranac Inn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Averyville ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Averyville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Averyville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Averyville.

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 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 Averyville:

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 Averyville, 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- Averyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.