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 Gilbert (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 Gilbert. 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 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.
Gilbert is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Gilbert. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gilbert:
- Seneca County (The home county of Gilbert)
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Ovid
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Romulus
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Kidders
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- East Varick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Border City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Seneca Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tyre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Willets
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Aurora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sherwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Union Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- East Genoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Cayuga
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Oakwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Millport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Mandana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Skaneateles
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Thorn Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Billsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Flint
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Melvin Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Cottage City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Phelps
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hopewell Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Hector
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Searsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Logan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Perry City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- North Reading
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Burdett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wayne
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Cayutaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Montour Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Keuka
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Bradford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Hammondsport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Pleasant Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Sonora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Cold Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Hermitage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Trumansburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Willow Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- North Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Myers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- East Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- West Groton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Ithaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Clyde
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Newark
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Dresden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Angus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Himrod
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Bellona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Penn Yan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Glenora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Keuka Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Barrington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Yatesville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gilbert, see our County-by-County Page for Gilbert.
Cemeteries Near Gilbert ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gilbert.
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 Gilbert - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gilbert covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Old Ovid Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Covert Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Lodi Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- City Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- McNeal Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ovid Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Raplee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Green Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hopeton Corners Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (464 more) ...
- Grove Mt. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Townsendville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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 Gilbert in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gilbert.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Gilbert, with the one closest to Gilbert listed first.
- Ovid
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Willard
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kendaia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Kendaia is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendaia
- Romulus
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dresden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lodi Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
- Himrod
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Townsendville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
- Sheldrake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sheldrake is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldrake
- Angus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Mays Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mays Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Seneca Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Willets
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- East Varick
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gilbert. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gilbert.
Newspapers Published in Gilbert ...
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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilbert.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gilbert, 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 Gilbert.
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 Gilbert:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne 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 Gilbert, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gilbert) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |