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 Genoa (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 Genoa. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Genoa is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Genoa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Genoa:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Genoa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- East Genoa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Ledyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Locke
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cascade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Moravia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Atwaters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Montville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Willets
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Omro
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Scipioville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Munsons Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Homer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Little York
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- East River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Preble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Cummings Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- East Homer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Harford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- Mandana
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Spafford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Otisco Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Thorn Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Skaneateles
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Amber
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Rose Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Otisco
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Mottville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Assembly Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Tully
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- Billsboro
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- Searsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mecklenburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Cayutaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Hector
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Alpine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Reading
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Odessa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reading Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(26 miles [41.8 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 <1>
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- Kidders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(10 miles [16.1 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 <1>
- East Varick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Ovid
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Canoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Romulus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Willard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Waterloo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Border City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tyre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Tioga County
- North Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- North Lansing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Lake Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- West Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Myers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Groton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Peruville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Groton City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- Dresden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Himrod
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glenora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Angus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Seneca Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dundee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Penn Yan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Barrington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Benton Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Keuka Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yatesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Genoa, see our County-by-County Page for Genoa.
Cemeteries Near Genoa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Genoa.
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 Genoa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Genoa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- Genoa Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tuppers Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- East Venice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belltown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Palmer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- German Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Hollow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Genoa Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Goodyears Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Venice Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lansingville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Bower Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Miller Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Edsall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Genoa had a population of 437 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Genoa, with the one closest to Genoa listed first.
- Five Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- East Genoa
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- East Venice
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Venice is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Venice
- Lansingville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lansingville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingville
- North Lansing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Ledyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Venice Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Venice Center is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Center
- Lake Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Locke
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atwaters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- West Groton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Moravia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cascade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Poplar Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlowville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ludlowville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlowville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Genoa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Genoa.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Genoa ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Genoa.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Genoa. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Genoa and those printed in the larger area surrounding Genoa.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4> of Genoa.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Genoa:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Genoa, 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- Genoa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |