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 Dundee (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 Dundee. 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.
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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Dundee is located in Yates 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 Yates County: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca & Steuben.
Below are the counties that are near Dundee. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dundee:
- Yates County (The home county of Dundee)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Glenora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Penn Yan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dresden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Yatesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Angus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Benton Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Italy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Atwaters
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Aurora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- East Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Scipioville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Union Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Locke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Post Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Millport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Horseheads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Big Flats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elmira Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Erin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Billsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Naples
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Flint
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cottage City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Seneca Castle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Gulick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Melvin Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- North Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reading Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Logan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Searsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Townsend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Montour Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Lodi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ovid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Kidders
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Romulus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Border City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Canoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Waterloo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Seneca Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Keuka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Bradford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hammondsport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Pleasant Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Sonora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Mitchellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Cold Springs
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Tioga County
- North Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Trumansburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Lake Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Willow Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Newfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ithaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Lansing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Lansing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- South Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dundee, see our County-by-County Page for Dundee.
Cemeteries Near Dundee ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dundee.
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 Dundee - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dundee covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakemont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Starkey Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Barrington Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Stream Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Valois Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grove Mt. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Altay Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (440 more) ...
- Old Reading Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Second Milo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raplee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Dundee had a population of 1,200 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Dundee had a population of 1,608 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dundee, with the one closest to Dundee listed first.
- Starkey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Starkey is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
- Glenora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Crystal Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- North Reading
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Rock Stream
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Himrod
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Altay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Altay is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altay
- Reading Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crosby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crosby is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby
- Keuka
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Second Milo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Second Milo is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dundee. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dundee.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Dundee ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dundee.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Dundee. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Dundee and those printed in the larger area surrounding Dundee.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of Dundee.
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 Dundee:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Yates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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> | 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 Dundee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Dundee) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |