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 Grotto (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 Grotto. 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.
Grotto is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Grotto. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grotto:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Grotto)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Peruville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Groton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Freeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Lansing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- McLean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lansing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Myers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Forest Home
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Dryden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Killawog
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Triangle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Summer Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Locke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Genoa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Dresserville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Montville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Sempronius
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Cascade
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Atwaters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Ledyard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Kelloggsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Omro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Van Etten
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Erin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Chenango County
- Pitcher
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Harford Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- East River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- McGraw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- East Homer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Madison County
- DeRuyter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Spafford
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Assembly Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Mandana
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Otisco
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Tully
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Amber
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Thorn Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Rose Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Apulia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Skaneateles
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cardiff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Perry City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Cayutaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Bennettsburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Alpine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Hector
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burdett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Odessa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Montour Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Kidders
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(16 miles [25.7 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>
- Lodi
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- East Varick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Willard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- North Spencer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Candor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- West Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Spencer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Ketchumville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Newark Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hullsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Glenora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Dresden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grotto, see our County-by-County Page for Grotto.
Cemeteries Near Grotto ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grotto.
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 Grotto - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grotto covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- Peruville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Cobb Street Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kelley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Groton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stearns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lanterman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Lansing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Asbury Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Byrd Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Etna Community Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (439 more) ...
- Edsall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Edsall Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McLean Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Grotto in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grotto.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grotto, with the one closest to Grotto listed first.
- West Dryden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Dryden is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dryden
- Peruville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Groton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Groton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Asbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Asbury is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asbury
- Freeville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Midway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Midway is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- South Lansing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- South Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lansing
- Etna
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Lansing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Myers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- McLean
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Summer Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Ludlowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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 Grotto. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grotto.
Newspapers Published in Grotto ...
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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grotto.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grotto, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grotto.
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 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 Grotto:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga 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 Grotto, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grotto) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |