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 Elm 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 Elm 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 Elm 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Elm Beach: Elm Bch.
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 hospitals 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.
Elm Beach is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Elm Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elm Beach:
- Seneca County (The home county of Elm Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- East Varick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kidders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Ovid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Romulus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Interlaken
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Willard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kuneytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Border City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tyre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Willets
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Atwaters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Union Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- East Genoa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Cross Roads
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Oakwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cascade
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Chemung County
- Millport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Scott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Homer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Little York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Preble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Mandana
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Skaneateles
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Spafford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Amber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Otisco Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Elbridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Jordan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Billsboro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Gorham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Flint
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Melvin Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Seneca Castle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Phelps
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Clifton Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Searsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Logan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mecklenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Reading
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Cayutaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Reading Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Montour Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Keuka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Bradford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Trumansburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- North Lansing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Willow Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- East Lansing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- West Groton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Lansing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Groton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Clyde
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Angus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Himrod
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Bellona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Glenora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Benton Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Penn Yan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barrington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Yatesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elm Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Elm Beach.
Cemeteries Near Elm Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elm 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 Elm Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elm Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Ovid Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sheldrake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Ovid Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- McNeal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Oak Glen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Howland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Covert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (471 more) ...
- Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ledyard Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mosher 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.<2>
While we didn't find Elm Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elm Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elm Beach, with the one closest to Elm Beach listed first.
- Willets
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Sheldrake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldrake is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldrake
- Ovid
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Aurora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Levanna
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Levanna is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levanna
- Romulus
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Willard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Atwaters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Ledyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lodi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Kendaia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Kendaia is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendaia
- Fayette
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scipioville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elm Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elm Beach.
Newspapers Published in Elm 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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elm Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elm Beach, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elm Beach.
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 Elm Beach:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins 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> | 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 Elm Beach, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Elm Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |