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 Blennes Corner (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 Blennes Corner. 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 Blennes Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Blennes Corner: Blennes Cor. (or less commonly used: Blennes Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Blennes Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Blennes Corner may originally have been Blenne's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Blennes Corner might be written as Blenne Corner.
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 northeast 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 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.
Blennes Corner is located in Oneida 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 Oneida County: Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Oswego & Otsego.
Below are the counties that are near Blennes Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blennes Corner:
- Oneida County (The home county of Blennes Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blennes Corner, with the one closest to Blennes Corner listed first.
- McConnellsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
- Blossvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Taberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Camden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brookfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Vienna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vienna is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Humaston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Humaston is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
- North Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Bay is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Elpis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elpis is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
- Point Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Point Rock is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Sylvan Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jewell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blennes Corner, with the one closest to Blennes Corner listed first.
- Northwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Northwood is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Russia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Russia is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blennes Corner, with the one closest to Blennes Corner listed first.
- Leisher Mill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
- Osceola
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Osceola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- West Leyden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
- Michigan Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
- Constableville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Collinsville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Port Leyden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Turin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lyons Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonsdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Parkers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Parkers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
- Glendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blennes Corner, with the one closest to Blennes Corner listed first.
- Oneida Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
- Whitelaw
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Whitelaw is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
- Oneida
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Canastota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wampsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kenwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kenwood is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenwood
- Clockville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cottons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cottons is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
- Bolivar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Sullivan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Chittenango
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Valley Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blennes Corner, with the one closest to Blennes Corner listed first.
- Tall Pines Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
- Kirkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mycenae
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mycenae is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mycenae
- Minoa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Brewerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eagle Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- East Syracuse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
- Fayetteville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Syracuse
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
- Lyndon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lyndon is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyndon
- Manlius
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- De Witt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- De Witt is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Witt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,962 people
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blennes Corner, with the one closest to Blennes Corner listed first.
- Cleveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nicholsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Nicholsville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholsville
- Kasoag
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kasoag is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
- West Amboy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- West Amboy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
- Redfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Constantia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gayville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gayville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
- West Monroe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Monroe is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Monroe
- Albion Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Albion Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
- Altmar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mallory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chateaugay
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
- Dugway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dugway is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blennes Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Blennes Corner.
Cemeteries Near Blennes Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blennes Corner.
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 Blennes Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blennes Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blennes Corner, with the one closest to Blennes Corner listed first.
- McConnellsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Protestant Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Maple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Park Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bradock Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greely Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Grilley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Murray Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (336 more) ...
- Whiffin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eames Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
While we didn't find Blennes Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Blennes Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blennes Corner, with the one closest to Blennes Corner listed first.
- McConnellsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
- Blossvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Taberg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Camden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Glenmore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenmore is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Vienna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vienna is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Humaston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Humaston is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
- Lee
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lee is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- North Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Bay is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Elpis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elpis is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
- Sylvan Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Verona Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- New London
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New London is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
- Lee Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Point Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Point Rock is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blennes Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blennes Corner.
Newspapers Published in Blennes Corner ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blennes Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blennes Corner, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blennes Corner.
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 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 Blennes Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Oneida County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Herkimer County
- Lewis County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Oswego County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Blennes Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Blennes Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |