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 Brooks Grove (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 Brooks Grove. 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 Brooks Grove ...
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 Brooks Grove: Brooks Grv.
- While the name of this community is Brooks Grove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Brooks Grove may originally have been Brook's Grove.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Brooks Grove might be written as Brook Grove.
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.
Brooks Grove is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Brooks Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Brooks Grove:
- Livingston County (The home county of Brooks Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Nunda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lewis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Kysorville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Sparta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Mount Morris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Groveland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pine Tavern
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Leicester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Woodsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Cuylerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Cumminsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Swain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <2>
- Wiscoy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Garwoods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Canaseraga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fillmore
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hume
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Allen
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Houghton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Aristotle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Bishopville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Caneadea
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oramel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oramel is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oramel
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Elton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Yorkshire
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Delevan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Dutchtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Protection
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Pavilion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Linden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- West Bethany
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Le Roy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Limerock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Brookville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- East Alexander
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Stafford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Alexander
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Morganville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Mumford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- West Rush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Belcoda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- Garbutt
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Moran Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Scottsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Honeoye Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- North Rush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Rush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Riga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Canadice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Gulick
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Naples
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Woodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Bristol Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Bristol
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- East Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Wayland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arkport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Atlanta
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cohocton
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haskinville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- North Hornell
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Hornell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jobs Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Howard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howard is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canisteo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Castile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Perry Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Newburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- East Koy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Gainesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Warsaw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pike
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hardys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Peoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Covington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Brooks Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Brooks Grove.
Cemeteries Near Brooks Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Brooks Grove.
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 Brooks Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Brooks Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- St. Helena Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dutch Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colonel George Williams & Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seager Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunts Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Craig State School Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Grace Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Dalton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (380 more) ...
- Chautauqua Hollow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oaklawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Brooks Grove had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Brooks Grove, with the one closest to Brooks Grove listed first.
- Tuscarora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tuscarora is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscarora
- Nunda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Lewis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Oakland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oakland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Dalton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sonyea
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Castile
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Portageville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosses
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rosses is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosses
- Byersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Byersville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
- West Sparta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mount Morris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Perry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Chace is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Brooks Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Brooks Grove.
Newspapers Published in Brooks Grove ...
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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Brooks Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Brooks Grove, 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 Brooks Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Brooks Grove:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Steuben County
- Wyoming 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> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brooks Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Brooks Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |