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 View (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 View. 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 Bay View ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
Another variation: Bayview.
- A typical abbreviation for Bay View: Bay Vw.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bay View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bay View.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Bay View is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bay View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bay View:
- Monroe County (The home county of Bay View)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View, with the one closest to Bay View listed first.
- Glen Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- German Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- German Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
- Irondequoit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- White City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- White City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Ontario Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ontario Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario Beach
- Windsor Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Penfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View, with the one closest to Bay View listed first.
- Bergen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Jericon Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
- Limerock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Fort Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Le Roy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Byron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Byron is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Morganville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View, with the one closest to Bay View listed first.
- Lima
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- Avon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Caledonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Inverness
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Sleggs Landing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- York
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Craigs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View, with the one closest to Bay View listed first.
- Victor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Village of Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Holcomb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Manchester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Port Gibson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shortsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centerfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Bristol
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Canandaigua
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View, with the one closest to Bay View listed first.
- Holley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Clarendon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kendall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Murray
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Hulberton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hulberton is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
- Brockville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brockville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
- Manning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bay View, with the one closest to Bay View listed first.
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Lincoln
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Lakeside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Ontario
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Macedon Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Orchard Grove Village Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Walworth
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Huddle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Macedon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marquart Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Yellow Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Marion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bay View, see our County-by-County Page for Bay View.
Cemeteries Near Bay View ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bay View.
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 View - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bay View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bay View, with the one closest to Bay View listed first.
- West Webster Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Irondequoit Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hooker Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brighton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Casimir's Polish Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Burying Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Webster Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Rochester.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65814 <2>
- Kings Landing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (298 more) ...
- Charlotte Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Britton Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Beth Hamedresh Hagodel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Bay View in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bay View.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bay View, with the one closest to Bay View listed first.
- Glen Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- West Webster
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Webster is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Webster
- Sea Breeze
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sea Breeze is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
- Irondequoit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Lawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Forest Lawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
- Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Penfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Windsor Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
- Ontario Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ontario Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario Beach
- Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Charlotte is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lincoln Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- West Brighton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brighton
- East Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bay View. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bay View.
Newspapers Published in Bay View ...
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 333 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bay View.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bay View, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bay View.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Bay View:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Orleans County
- Wayne 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bay View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |