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 Gates Center (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 Gates Center. 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 Gates Center ...
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 Gates Center: Gates Ctr. (or less commonly used: Gates Cen., Gates Cent. or Gates Cntr.)
- While the name of this community is Gates Center, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Gates Center may originally have been Gate's Center.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Gates Center might be written as Gate Center.
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.
Gates Center is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Gates Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gates Center:
- Monroe County (The home county of Gates Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- Greece
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Greece
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Greece is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greece
- Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Brighton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brighton
- West Greece
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Greece is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greece
- Brookdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brookdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Whites
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whites is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Ridgeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- Brighton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Irondequoit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parma Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parma Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma Corners
- North Chili
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Chili is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chili
- Spencerport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- Bergen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jericon Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
- Fort Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Limerock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Le Roy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Byron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Byron is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Morganville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Stafford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pavilion Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Pavilion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elba
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Batavia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Alexander
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- Caledonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Avon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Lima
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- 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 <2>
- Inverness
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Livonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Craigs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Sleggs Landing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Geneseo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cuylerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- East Groveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Foots Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Leicester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- North Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Victor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Bloomfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Village of Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Holcomb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Bristol
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Centerfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canandaigua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <2>
- Shortsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- Holley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Murray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Clarendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hulberton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hulberton is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
- Manning
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Kendall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brockville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Brockville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
- South Barre
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Albion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gaines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gaines is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
- West Barre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
- Eagle Harbor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- Lincoln
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Fruitland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Lakeside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lakeside is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Macedon Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Macedon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Huddle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Ontario
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Orchard Grove Village Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Walworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Yellow Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Marquart Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Palmyra
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Peoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Wyoming
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gates Center, see our County-by-County Page for Gates Center.
Cemeteries Near Gates Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gates Center.
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 Gates Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gates Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- Holy Ghost Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Place Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elmgrove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rapids Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Falls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ridge Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Felicia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Landing Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Casimir's Polish Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (324 more) ...
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the north of Rochester.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64887 <3>
- Riverside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the north of Rochester.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65814 <3>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Gates Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gates Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gates Center, with the one closest to Gates Center listed first.
- Coldwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Park is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Maplewood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Genesee Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Genesee Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee Junction
- Greece
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Greece
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Greece is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greece
- West Brighton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brighton
- Rochester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brookdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brookdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Whites
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whites is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Ridgeland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
- West Greece
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Greece is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Greece
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- North Chili
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Chili is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chili
- Brighton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Irondequoit
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gates Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gates Center.
Newspapers Published in Gates Center ...
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 327 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gates Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gates Center, 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 Gates Center.
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 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 Gates Center:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Orleans County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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> | 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- Gates Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Gates Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |