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 Fitts Corners (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 Fitts Corners. 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 Fitts Corners ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Fitts Corners: Fitts Cors.
- While the name of this community is Fitts Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Fitts Corners may originally have been Fitt's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Fitts Corners might be written as Fitt Corners.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Fitts Corners is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Fitts Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fitts Corners:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Fitts Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- McLean
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Groton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peruville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Freeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Groton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Dryden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Varna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- North Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Cayuga Heights
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Forest Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- Killawog
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Maine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Castle Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- Summer Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Locke
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- East Genoa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Sempronius
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Montville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelloggsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Cascade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- New Hope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Omro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Ledyard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Atwaters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Chemung County
- Van Etten
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- Pitcher
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- McGraw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Pratt Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Harford Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Messengerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- East Homer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- DeRuyter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- New Woodstock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Union
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- Spafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Assembly Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Tully
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Otisco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Amber
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Apulia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Rose Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Cardiff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Berwyn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Fabius
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- Perry City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Cayutaville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Odessa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Hector
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Catharine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Montour Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(30 miles [48.3 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 <2>
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- Kidders
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- 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 <2>
- Lodi
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Varick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Ovid
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Willard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Canoga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Romulus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- Candor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Ketchumville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- North Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Newark Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Hamar Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Spencer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weltonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hullsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Gaskill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Yates County
- Glenora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fitts Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Fitts Corners.
Cemeteries Near Fitts Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fitts Corners.
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 Fitts Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fitts Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- McLean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Peruville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Groton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Groton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scofield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Glen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- McAllister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hinman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Summerhill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Etna Community Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (432 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Stearns Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Fitts Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Fitts Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fitts Corners, with the one closest to Fitts Corners listed first.
- McLean
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Peruville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Groton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Freeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Groton City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- West Dryden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Dryden is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dryden
- Dryden
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Summer Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- South Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Etna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Virgil
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Cortland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- East Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Asbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Asbury is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fitts Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fitts Corners.
Newspapers Published in Fitts Corners ...
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 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fitts Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fitts Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fitts Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Fitts Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Fitts Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fitts Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |