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 Crystal Beach (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 Crystal Beach. 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 Crystal Beach ...
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 Crystal Beach: Crystal Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Crystal Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Crystal Beach.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Crystal Beach is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Crystal Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Crystal Beach:
- Ontario County (The home county of Crystal Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Cottage City
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Canandaigua
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Centerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Bristol Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Hopewell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Flint
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Bristol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Shortsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca Castle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Holcomb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Village of Bloomfield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cayuga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Union Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willets
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Lima
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Springwater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Livonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Websters Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Sleggs Landing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Maple Beach
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Avon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- East Groveland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Groveland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cumminsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Dansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Ford Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Mendon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Honeoye Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Fairport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pittsford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- Rush
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Penfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Wayne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hector
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Border City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Willard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Romulus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Ovid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Seneca Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Varick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Canoga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Tyre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Lodi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Prattsburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Atlanta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Catawba
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Keuka
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Wayland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cohocton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Mitchellsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Hammondsport
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hermitage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Macedon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Palmyra
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Newark
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Macedon Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Marquart Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Mud Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Huddle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Walworth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fairville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Lyons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Rushville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vine Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Potter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Yatesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Benton Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Italy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Penn Yan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Angus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Keuka Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Crystal Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Crystal Beach.
Cemeteries Near Crystal Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crystal Beach.
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 Crystal Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Crystal Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Washburn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hawley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reed's Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lucas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rushville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Remington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Bank Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Academy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lewis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (434 more) ...
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Ave. 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>
While we didn't find Crystal Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crystal Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Crystal Beach, with the one closest to Crystal Beach listed first.
- Reed Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
- Cheshire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cheshire is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Rushville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canandaigua
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Vine Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ennerdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ennerdale is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennerdale
- Centerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Bristol Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Middlesex
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- South Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Vincent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vincent is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- South Bristol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bristol
- Potter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Crystal Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Crystal Beach.
Newspapers Published in Crystal Beach ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crystal Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crystal Beach, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crystal Beach.
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 Crystal Beach:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Yates 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 Crystal Beach, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crystal Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |