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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 Green Settlement (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 Green Settlement. 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 hospitals 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.

Green Settlement is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Lewis, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Green Settlement)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Settlement, with the one closest to Green Settlement listed first.
    • Adams Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lyon Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Adams
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Alverson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
    • Belleville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Boultons Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
    • Sackets Harbor
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lorraine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Henderson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • East Rodman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
    • Mannsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ellisburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Settlement, with the one closest to Green Settlement listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Copenhagen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Rector
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Parkers
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Harrisburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Denmark
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Briggs Corner
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • Castorland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • West Martinsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
    • Lowville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Naumburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Naumburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumburg
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Green Settlement, with the one closest to Green Settlement listed first.
    • Lacona
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Creek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Smartville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Chateaugay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Orwell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Richland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pulaski
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Altmar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Daysville Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Daysville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Redfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Albion Center
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center

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

Cemeteries Near Green Settlement ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Green Settlement.

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 Green Settlement - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Rices Corners Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Honeyville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • North Adams Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Grow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bishop Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Giddingsville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Isham Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (156 more) ...
    • Zoar Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Clark Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mixer Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 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.<4>

While we didn't find Green Settlement in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Green Settlement.

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

  • Adams Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Adams
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Adams is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
  • Smithville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Smithville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Rodman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rices
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rices is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices
  • Belleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alverson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Alverson is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
  • Rural Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
  • Lorraine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sackets Harbor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Henderson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pierrepont Manor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • East Hounsfield
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • East Hounsfield is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hounsfield
    • Henderson Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Woodville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville

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

Newspapers Published in Green Settlement ...

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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Green Settlement.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Green Settlement, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Green Settlement.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Green Settlement:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Green Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Green Settlement, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.