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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 Kendall (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 Kendall. 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 hospitals and 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.

Kendall is located in Orleans County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Orleans County: Genesee, Monroe & Niagara.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Kendall ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kendall.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Morton Union Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morton Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morton Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Beachwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beachwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beachwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Murray Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murray Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakeside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kent Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kent Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kent Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Transit Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Transit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Transit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hulberton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hulberton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hulberton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sprague Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sprague Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sprague Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hatch Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Standish Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Standish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Standish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (214 more) ...
    • Hillside Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Holy Cross Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • West Clarkson Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Clarkson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Clarkson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Kendall had a population of 390 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Kendall Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendall Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Mills
    • Kendall Mills is located in Monroe County
  • West Kendall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Kendall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kendall
    • West Kendall is located in Orleans County
  • Murray
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Murray. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Murray is located in Orleans County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Murray
    • From Kendall to Murray
  • East Gaines
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Gaines have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Gaines
    • East Gaines is located in Orleans County
  • Hulberton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Hamlin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • North Hamlin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sawyer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawyer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
    • Sawyer is located in Orleans County
  • Holley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holley
    • Holley is located in Orleans County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,662 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Holley <3>
  • Carlton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton
    • Carlton is located in Orleans County
  • Clarkson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Point Breeze
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Breeze have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
    • Point Breeze is located in Orleans County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Kendall ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kendall.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kendall, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kendall.

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 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 Kendall:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Kendall. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orleans County: www.orleansny.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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 Kendall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Kendall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kendall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3272, Longitude: -78.0360    









 

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