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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 The Elms (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 The Elms. 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 and 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.

The Elms is located in Oswego 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 Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.

Below are the counties that are near The Elms. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Elms:

  • Oswego County     (The home county of The Elms)
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Elms, with the one closest to The Elms listed first.
    • Sandy Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lacona
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Pulaski
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Daysville Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Richland
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Daysville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Smartville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Orwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Texas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Arthur
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Chateaugay
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Albion Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
    • Altmar
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cayuga County
    • North Sterling
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Elms, with the one closest to The Elms listed first.
    • Ellisburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Woodville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Mannsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Belleville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Henderson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Adams
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Lorraine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lyon Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Adams Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Worth Center
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
    • Worth
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Boultons Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Elms, with the one closest to The Elms listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Parkers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Rector
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Osceola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Michigan Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Copenhagen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Leisher Mill
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
    • Harrisburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Onondaga County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Elms, see our County-by-County Page for The Elms.

Cemeteries Near The Elms ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Elms.

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 The Elms - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Elms covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Elms, with the one closest to The Elms listed first.

  • Brewster Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Scripture Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • North Street Road Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Brown's Landing Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Pulaski Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Noyes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Stevens Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wesleyan Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Saxe Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (183 more) ...
    • Bigelow Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Gallea Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Daysville Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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 The Elms in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Elms.

These communities are listed based on their distance from The Elms, with the one closest to The Elms listed first.

  • Sandy Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lacona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Ellisburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Port Ontario
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Port Ontario is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ontario
  • Mannsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Pulaski
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pierrepont Manor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rural Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
  • Richland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • North Boylston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • North Boylston is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Boylston
  • Belleville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Daysville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Orwell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boylston Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Boylston Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston Center

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Elms. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Elms.

Newspapers Published in The Elms ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Elms.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Elms, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Elms.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 The Elms:

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 The Elms, 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' (or 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- The Elms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.