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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 Gile (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 Gile. 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 northeast 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 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.

Gile is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Clinton, Essex, Hamilton & Saint Lawrence.

Below are the counties that are near Gile. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Gile:

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Gile)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gile, with the one closest to Gile listed first.
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • East Dickinson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Alburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • Skerry
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • West Bangor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Bangor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Moira
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Brushton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Whippleville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Paul Smiths
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Malone
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Saranac Inn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
    • Bombay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gile, with the one closest to Gile listed first.
    • Standish
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Standish is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standish
    • Lyon Mountain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gile, with the one closest to Gile listed first.
    • Bloomingdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Saranac Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ray Brook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gile, with the one closest to Gile listed first.
    • Nicholville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopkinton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Parishville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Stark
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Stark is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
    • Winthrop
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Brasher Falls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Parishville Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
    • South Colton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • West Stockholm
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Sandfordville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
    • Willisville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Willisville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
    • Colton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Gile, see our County-by-County Page for Gile.

Cemeteries Near Gile ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gile.

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 Gile - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gile covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gile, with the one closest to Gile listed first.

  • Forest Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • St. Anns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Ives Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Mound Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • East Dickinson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Ladd Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Ft. Jackson Hopkinton Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Brandon Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Chesterfield Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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    • Hoose Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Develin Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Coulon Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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 Gile in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gile.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Gile, with the one closest to Gile listed first.

  • Santa Clara
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Santa Clara is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
  • Spring Cove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Cove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cove
  • Saint Regis Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dickinson Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Dickinson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickinson
  • Nicholville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • East Dickinson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
  • Hopkinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
  • Alburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Alburg is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
  • Skerry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Skerry is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
  • Fort Jackson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Jackson is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jackson
  • Lawrenceville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • West Bangor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Moira
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bangor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gile. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gile.

Newspapers Published in Gile ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gile.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gile, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gile.

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 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 Gile:

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 Gile, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.