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 Greens Landing (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 Greens Landing. 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 Greens Landing ...
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 Greens Landing: Greens Lndg. (or less commonly used: Greens Lndng.)
- While the name of this community is Greens Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Greens Landing may originally have been Green's Landing.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Greens Landing might be written as Green Landing.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Greens Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Greens Landing.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Greens Landing is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Greens Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Greens Landing:
- Ontario County (The home county of Greens Landing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Cottage City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Canandaigua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Centerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Bristol Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Flint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Shortsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bristol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Manchester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Village of Bloomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Bloomfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Holcomb
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Cayuga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aurora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Union Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Willets
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Lima
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Livonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Springwater
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Websters Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sleggs Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Maple Beach
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Avon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- East Groveland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Dansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Groveland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Geneseo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Cumminsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Ford Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Mendon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Honeoye Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- East Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- Pittsford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Penfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Henrietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
- West Rush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Wayne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Hector
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Border City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Romulus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Willard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kuneytown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Seneca Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ovid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canoga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Tyre
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Lodi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Interlaken
(30 miles [48.3 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 <2>
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Prattsburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Atlanta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Keuka
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Wayland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cohocton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Avoca
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Yellow Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Macedon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Palmyra
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Newark
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Macedon Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Marquart Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Mud Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Huddle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Walworth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fairville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Lyons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Vine Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Benton Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Bellona
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Italy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Angus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Penn Yan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Keuka Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Greens Landing, see our County-by-County Page for Greens Landing.
Cemeteries Near Greens Landing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Greens Landing.
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 Greens Landing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Greens Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Washburn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Reed's Corners Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Remington Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Bank Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hawley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lewis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lucas Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- West Ave. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Rushville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (447 more) ...
- Baldwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pickett's Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Canandaigua.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66787 <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.<4>
While we didn't find Greens Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Greens Landing.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Greens Landing, with the one closest to Greens Landing listed first.
- Reed Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
- Cheshire
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cheshire is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Canandaigua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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>
- Rushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ennerdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ennerdale is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennerdale
- Bristol Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Gorham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hopewell Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Centerfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- South Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
- Vine Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Flint
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Vincent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Vincent is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Middlesex
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Padelford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Padelford is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padelford
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Greens Landing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Greens Landing.
Newspapers Published in Greens Landing ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Greens Landing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Greens Landing, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Greens Landing.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Greens Landing:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Yates 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> | 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 Greens Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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- Greens Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |