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 Henderson Harbor (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 Henderson Harbor. 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 Henderson Harbor ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Henderson Harbor: Henderson Hbr. (or less commonly used: Henderson Harb. or Henderson Hrbr.)
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 hospitals and 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.
Henderson Harbor 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 Henderson Harbor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Henderson Harbor:
- Jefferson County (The home county of Henderson Harbor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Henderson Harbor, with the one closest to Henderson Harbor listed first.
- Henderson
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Boultons Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
- Lyon Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
- Sackets Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Pillar Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
- Adams Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Adams Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Adams Cove is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Cove
- Point Peninsula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
- Ellisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Adams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henderson Harbor, with the one closest to Henderson Harbor listed first.
- Barnes Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
- New Boston
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Boston is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- Copenhagen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Rector
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Rector is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
- Parkers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Parkers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
- Harrisburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Denmark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Denmark is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Henderson Harbor, with the one closest to Henderson Harbor listed first.
- Sandy Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lacona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smartville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Smartville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Richland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Daysville Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
- Orwell
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Daysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Daysville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
- Chateaugay
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
- Texas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Texas is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Arthur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arthur is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Altmar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Albion Center
(27 miles [43.5 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 Henderson Harbor, see our County-by-County Page for Henderson Harbor.
Cemeteries Near Henderson Harbor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Henderson Harbor.
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 Henderson Harbor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Henderson Harbor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Henderson Harbor, with the one closest to Henderson Harbor listed first.
- Carpenter Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- North Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clark Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bishop Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stowles Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Grow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gallea Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mixer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bigelow Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rices Corners Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (146 more) ...
- Military Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwin Bay Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Henderson Harbor had a population of 87 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Henderson Harbor, with the one closest to Henderson Harbor listed first.
- Henderson
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rural Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Smithville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Smithville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Belleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sackets Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Pillar Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pillar Point is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillar Point
- Ellisburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Adams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Point Peninsula
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Point Peninsula is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Peninsula
- Alverson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Alverson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverson
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Pierrepont Manor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mannsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rices
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rices is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rices
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Henderson Harbor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Henderson Harbor.
Newspapers Published in Henderson Harbor ...
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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Henderson Harbor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Henderson Harbor, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Henderson Harbor.
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 Henderson Harbor:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Jefferson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lewis County
- Oswego 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Henderson Harbor) 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 Henderson Harbor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |