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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 Bay Pond (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 Bay Pond. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Bay Pond is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Clinton, Essex, Hamilton & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Bay Pond)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Pond, with the one closest to Bay Pond listed first.
    • Paul Smiths
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Saranac Inn
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
    • Harrietstown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
    • Altamont
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Altamont is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Tupper Lake
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Merrillsville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Merrillsville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
    • Franklin Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Franklin Falls is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Falls
    • Alder Brook
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Alder Brook is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Brook
    • Skerry
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • East Dickinson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Alburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Pond, with the one closest to Bay Pond listed first.
    • Standish
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
    • Clayburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Clayburg is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayburg
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Pond, with the one closest to Bay Pond listed first.
    • Saranac Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bloomingdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Ray Brook
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Whiteface
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Whiteface is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
    • Lake Placid
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • North Elba
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Elba is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
    • Wilmington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bay Pond, with the one closest to Bay Pond listed first.
    • Sevey
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
    • Stark
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Stark is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
    • Hopkinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Nicholville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Horseshoe
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
    • South Colton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Parishville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Cranberry Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Parishville Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
    • Colton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Willisville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Willisville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
    • West Parishville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville

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

Cemeteries Near Bay Pond ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bay Pond.

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 Bay Pond - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Brighton Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Beth Joseph Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Alphonsus Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Holy Name Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Bernards Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookside Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • St. Pauls Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Union Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Forest Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Bay Pond in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bay Pond.

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

  • Saranac Inn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
  • Paul Smiths
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Spring Cove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Spring Cove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cove
  • Harrietstown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
  • Tupper Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Santa Clara
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Santa Clara is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
  • Childwold
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Gale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Gale is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
  • Saranac Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollywood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Hollywood is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
  • Bloomingdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Sevey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Bay Pond ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay Pond.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bay Pond, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bay Pond.

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 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 Bay Pond:

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 Bay Pond, 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' (or 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- Bay Pond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.