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 Frinks Corner (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 Frinks Corner. 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 Frinks Corner ...
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 Frinks Corner: Frinks Cor. (or less commonly used: Frinks Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Frinks Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Frinks Corner may originally have been Frink's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Frinks Corner might be written as Frink Corner.
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.
Frinks Corner is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee & Livingston.
Below are the counties that are near Frinks Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frinks Corner:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Frinks Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frinks Corner, with the one closest to Frinks Corner listed first.
- North Java
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Java Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Java Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Johnsonburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Varysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harris Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
- Curriers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Curriers is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curriers
- Folsomdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Folsomdale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Smiths Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Corner
- Bliss
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arcade
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Attica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frinks Corner, with the one closest to Frinks Corner listed first.
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Hume
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wiscoy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Fillmore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rushford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Houghton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caneadea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oramel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Oramel is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oramel
- Belfast
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Allen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Black Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lyons Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lyons Corners is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corners
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frinks Corner, with the one closest to Frinks Corner listed first.
- Yorkshire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Delevan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Machias
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bird
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bird is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird
- Franklinville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Brooklyn is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frinks Corner, with the one closest to Frinks Corner listed first.
- Dutchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Protection
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Porterville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Williston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Aurora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Billington Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Billington Heights is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billington Heights
- Alden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Griffins Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Griffins Mills is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Mills
- Jewettville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jewettville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewettville
- West Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- West Falls is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Falls
- Alden Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frinks Corner, with the one closest to Frinks Corner listed first.
- Griswold
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Griswold is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Sawens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Sawens is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawens
- Alexander
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Linden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Corfu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Brookville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- West Bethany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- East Alexander
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Bushville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bushville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- North Pembroke
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- North Pembroke is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
- Pavilion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Batavia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frinks Corner, with the one closest to Frinks Corner listed first.
- Lewis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pine Tavern
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Nunda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dalton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Leicester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <2>
- Craigs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Cuylerville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Mount Morris
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- York
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Geneseo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Inverness
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Kysorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Niagara County
- Rapids
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rapids is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapids
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frinks Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Frinks Corner.
Cemeteries Near Frinks Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frinks Corner.
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 Frinks Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frinks Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frinks Corner, with the one closest to Frinks Corner listed first.
- Frink's Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silver Maple Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Humphrey's Hollow Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New St. Cecilia's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Caecilias Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Strykersville Pioneer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Strykersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Java Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Java Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (332 more) ...
- St. John's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Torrey Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Union Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Frinks Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frinks Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frinks Corner, with the one closest to Frinks Corner listed first.
- North Java
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sheldon is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Java Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Java Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Strykersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Johnsonburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Varysburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Curriers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Curriers is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curriers
- Holland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Protection
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Folsomdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Folsomdale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Wales Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Arcade
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Arcade is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Arcade
- Wethersfield Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wethersfield Springs is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wethersfield Springs
- Bennington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bennington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frinks Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frinks Corner.
Newspapers Published in Frinks Corner ...
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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frinks Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frinks Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frinks Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Frinks Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Niagara 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> | 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 Frinks Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Frinks Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |