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 Frost Hollow (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 Frost Hollow. 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 Frost Hollow ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Frost Hollow: Frost Holw. (or less commonly used: Frost Hlw. or Frost Hllw.)
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 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.
Frost Hollow is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Frost Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Frost Hollow:
- Ontario County (The home county of Frost Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Richmond Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- West Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Canadice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- North Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Bristol Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Village of Bloomfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Bloomfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Holcomb
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Centerfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Gulick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Victor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Canaseraga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Swain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Limerock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Pavilion Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Pavilion
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Fort Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Le Roy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bergen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jericon Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
- Stafford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Morganville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- South Byron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Byron is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Linden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Lima
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- Livonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Sleggs Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Avon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Maple Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Websters Crossing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Groveland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Geneseo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Springwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Groveland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cuylerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Inverness
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Honeoye Falls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Moran Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Ford Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Mendon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Rush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- West Rush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Manns Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- North Rush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- West Henrietta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
- Henrietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Scottsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garbutt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Severance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Seneca County
- Border City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Wayland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Atlanta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cohocton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Haskinville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- Avoca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- South Pulteney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Arkport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stephens Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Catawba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Macedon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Yellow Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marquart Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Huddle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Walworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Lincoln
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Marion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Mud Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Peoria
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Covington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Perry Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Castile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Warsaw
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Vine Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Rushville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Italy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Potter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Yatesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Benton Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Keuka Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Penn Yan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Angus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Seneca Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Frost Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Frost Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Frost Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Frost Hollow.
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 Frost Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Frost Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Dennison Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Richmond Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hemlock Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Purcell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Allens Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Short Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Canadice Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (463 more) ...
- Powell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Frost Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Frost Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Frost Hollow, with the one closest to Frost Hollow listed first.
- Richmond Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Allens Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Allens Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Hill
- Honeoye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lima
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- West Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- South Lima
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lima
- Livonia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Livonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Livonia is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livonia
- Canadice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- North Bloomfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Conesus Lake Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Conesus Lake Junction is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesus Lake Junction
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Lakeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bristol Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Vincent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Vincent is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Frost Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Frost Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Frost Hollow ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Frost Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Frost Hollow, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Frost Hollow.
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 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 Frost Hollow:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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> | 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 Frost Hollow, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Frost Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |