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 East Venice (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 East Venice. 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 East Venice ...
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 East Venice: E. Venice
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Venice. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Venice.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
East Venice 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 East Venice. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Venice:
- Cayuga County (The home county of East Venice)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- East Genoa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Montville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Locke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Omro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Dresserville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Austin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Atwaters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- Scott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Homer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Munsons Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Little York
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Preble
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- East River
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Cummings Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- East Homer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- McGraw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- Mandana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Spafford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Thorn Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Skaneateles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Amber
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Rose Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Otisco
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Assembly Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Mottville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Tully
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Marcellus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cardiff
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- Billsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Dobbins Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Hall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- Perry City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Mecklenburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Cayutaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Hector
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Odessa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Reading Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Catharine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- Kidders
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- East Varick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Canoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Ovid
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Lodi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Seneca Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Border City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tioga County
- North Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- 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 East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- North Lansing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Lake Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Groton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Myers
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Peruville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Groton City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Taughannock Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Lansing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Trumansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- Dresden
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Angus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Himrod
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Glenora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Seneca Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dundee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Benton Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Penn Yan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Barrington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Venice, see our County-by-County Page for East Venice.
Cemeteries Near East Venice ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Venice.
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 East Venice - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Venice covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- East Venice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Genoa Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pine Hollow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tuppers Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Stewart Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Venice Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edsall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edsall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Old Settlers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Indian Mound Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (463 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Humphrey Howland Burial
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Genoa Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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 East Venice had a population of 72 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Venice, with the one closest to East Venice listed first.
- Genoa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Genoa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Locke
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Moravia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Venice Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Venice Center is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Center
- Five Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- North Lansing
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Lansingville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lansingville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingville
- West Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Ensenore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Ensenore is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenore
- Omro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Merrifield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Merrifield is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Venice. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Venice.
Newspapers Published in East Venice ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Venice.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Venice, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Venice.
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 East Venice:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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> | 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 East Venice, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- East Venice) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |