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 Friendship (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 Friendship. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Friendship is located in Allegany 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 Allegany County: Cattaraugus, Livingston, Steuben, Wyoming, McKean (PA) & Potter (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Friendship. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Friendship:
- Allegany County (The home county of Friendship)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Black Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons Corners is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corners
- West Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Clarksville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksville
- Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Withey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Withey is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withey
- Richburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Belfast
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Angelica
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kossuth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kossuth is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Sawyer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sawyer is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Allentown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Abbotts
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abbotts is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbotts
- Ischua
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ischua is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ischua
- Portville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weston Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weston Mills is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Mills
- Westons Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Olean
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olean is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olean
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,371 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olean <1>
- Franklinville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Allegany
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Bonaventure
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Humphrey
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Humphrey is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphrey
- Four Mile
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Four Mile is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
- Rock City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Elton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Dalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lewis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Nunda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Hartsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Greenwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hornell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rexville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Arkport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- North Hornell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Canisteo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Stephens Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- South Canisteo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Canisteo is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Canisteo
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- East Koy
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Pike
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bliss
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Arcade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hardys
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Castile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Smiths Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Smiths Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Corner
- Gainesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- McKean County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Myrtle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Myrtle is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Eldred
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Duke Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Duke Center is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duke Center
- Larabee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Larabee is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larabee
- Sartwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sartwell is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartwell
- Rixford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rixford is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixford
- Derrick City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gilmore is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Summit
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summit is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Port Allegany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dallas City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dallas City is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas City
- Tuna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tuna is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuna
- Wrights Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wrights Corners is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Potter County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Honeoye
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Honeoye is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeoye
- East Sharon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- East Sharon is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharon
- Shinglehouse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chrystal
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chrystal is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chrystal
- Millport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millport is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millport
- Oswayo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Oswayo is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswayo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Genesee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Genesee is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
- Coneville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Coneville is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coneville
- Ellisburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ellisburg is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisburg
- North Bingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bingham
- West Bingham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Bingham is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bingham
- Hebron
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Williston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Williston is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Friendship, see our County-by-County Page for Friendship.
Cemeteries Near Friendship ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Friendship.
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 Friendship - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Friendship covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Nile Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Sortore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Utopia Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wheeler Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Christ Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dimmick Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Norton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (253 more) ...
- Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cuba Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clarksville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Friendship had a population of 1,369 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Friendship, with the one closest to Friendship listed first.
- Nile
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nile is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nile
- Inavale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Inavale is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inavale
- Belmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Belvidere
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Belvidere is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
- Black Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rockville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- West Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- West Clarksville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksville
- North Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Cuba is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cuba
- Cuba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Marshall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Marshall is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Scio
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Withey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Withey is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withey
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bolivar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kossuth
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kossuth is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
- Sawyer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sawyer is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Friendship. See our List of 1890's Communities around Friendship.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Friendship ...
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 132 newspapers that have been published in the area around Friendship.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Friendship. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Friendship and those printed in the larger area surrounding Friendship.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4> of Friendship.
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 Friendship:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Allegany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cattaraugus County
- Livingston County
- Steuben County
- Wyoming County
- McKean County
- Potter 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> | 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 Friendship, 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 from Point A (ie- Friendship) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |