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 Balcom Beach (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 Balcom Beach. 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 Balcom Beach ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Balcom Beach: Balcom Bch.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.
Balcom Beach is located in Allegany 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 Allegany County: Cattaraugus, Livingston, Steuben, Wyoming, McKean (PA) & Potter (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Balcom Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Balcom Beach:
- Allegany County (The home county of Balcom Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Caneadea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rushford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Houghton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oramel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oramel is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oramel
- Belfast
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hume
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Fillmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Black Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Allen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Lyons Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lyons Corners is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corners
- Aristotle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Abbotts
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Abbotts is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts
- Elton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Ischua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ischua is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ischua
- Franklinville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Delevan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Machias
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Bird
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bird is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Humphrey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Humphrey is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
- Sugartown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sugartown is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugartown
- Weston Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Weston Mills is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Mills
- Westons Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Dutchtown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Protection
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Springville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Footes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Footes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footes
- Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Concord is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Morton Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Morton Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton Corners
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Dalton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Nunda
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cumminsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Kysorville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- West Sparta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Woodsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Dansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Morris
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tavern
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Groveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Arkport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hartsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Hornell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Hornell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Stephens Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Pike
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Koy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Bliss
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Arcade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hardys
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Gainesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Smiths Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Smiths Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Corner
- Castile
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Curriers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Curriers is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curriers
- Java Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- McKean County (PA)
- Myrtle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Myrtle is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Potter County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Honeoye
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Honeoye is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeoye
- East Sharon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Sharon is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharon
- Shinglehouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chrystal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chrystal is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrystal
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Balcom Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Balcom Beach.
Cemeteries Near Balcom Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Balcom Beach.
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 Balcom Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Balcom Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Caneadea Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Podonque Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rushford Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Old Burying Grounds
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bellville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rogers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hardys Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sayers Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (305 more) ...
- East Caneadea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rawson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bates Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Balcom Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Balcom Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Balcom Beach, with the one closest to Balcom Beach listed first.
- Caneadea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rushford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oramel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oramel is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oramel
- Houghton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Marshall is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Rockville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Belfast
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hume
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Black Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fillmore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- West Allen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Mills Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mills Mills is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Mills
- Farmersville Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Balcom Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Balcom Beach.
Newspapers Published in Balcom Beach ...
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 125 newspapers that have been published in the area around Balcom Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Balcom Beach, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Balcom Beach.
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 Balcom Beach:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Allegany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Livingston County
- Steuben County
- Wyoming County
- McKean County
- Potter County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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 Balcom Beach, 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- Balcom Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |