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 Bethel Corners (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 Bethel Corners. 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 Bethel Corners ...
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 Bethel Corners: Bethel Cors.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Bethel Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bethel Corners.
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 hospitals 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.
Bethel Corners is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Bethel Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bethel Corners:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Bethel Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel Corners, with the one closest to Bethel Corners listed first.
- Ira
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ira is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- North Victory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
- Cato
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Victory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Meridian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sterling Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
- Fair Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Sterling
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
- Weedsport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Port Byron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Sennett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Throop
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Auburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel Corners, with the one closest to Bethel Corners listed first.
- Lysander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lysander is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
- Jacksonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Little Utica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wrights Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Jacks Reef
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwinsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Village Green
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Village Green is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
- Elbridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Seneca Knolls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel Corners, with the one closest to Bethel Corners listed first.
- Thompson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Junius
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Dobbins Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel Corners, with the one closest to Bethel Corners listed first.
- Hannibal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Bowens Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Granby Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- South Granby
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Fulton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Furniss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Furniss is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
- Hinmansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Oswego Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
- Southwest Oswego
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
- Minetto
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ingalls Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Drakes Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Drakes Corner is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Corner
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel Corners, with the one closest to Bethel Corners listed first.
- Tyre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Seneca Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Waterloo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Canoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bethel Corners, with the one closest to Bethel Corners listed first.
- Red Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Wolcott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Butler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Furnace Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Huron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- North Huron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
- Clyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- York
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Sodus Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wayne Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- South Sodus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sodus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bethel Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Bethel Corners.
Cemeteries Near Bethel Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bethel Corners.
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 Bethel Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bethel Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bethel Corners, with the one closest to Bethel Corners listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mosher Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cummings Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hannibal Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Victory Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- White Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hannibal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- French Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Dutton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meridian Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (353 more) ...
- Ferris Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marble Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairdale Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bethel Corners had a population of 121 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bethel Corners, with the one closest to Bethel Corners listed first.
- Ira
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ira is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- South Hannibal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- South Hannibal is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hannibal
- Hannibal Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hannibal Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal Center
- Martville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- North Victory
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
- Floridaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Floridaville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridaville
- Hannibal
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Victory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Cato
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Westbury
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Westbury is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbury
- Meridian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lysander
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lysander is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
- Bowens Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bethel Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bethel Corners.
Newspapers Published in Bethel Corners ...
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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bethel Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bethel Corners, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bethel Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Bethel Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Seneca 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> | 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 Bethel Corners, 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- Bethel Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |