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 Marilla (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 Marilla. 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 doctors and 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.
Marilla is located in Erie 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 Erie County: Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee, Niagara & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Marilla. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Marilla:
- Erie County (The home county of Marilla)
- The following are listed by their distance from Marilla, with the one closest to Marilla listed first.
- Williston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Town Line
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Porterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Elma Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elma Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma Center
- Elma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Alden Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- Alden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Billington Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Billington Heights is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billington Heights
- East Aurora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Looneyville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Looneyville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Spring Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lancaster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blossom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blossom is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Allegany County
- Fairview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marilla, with the one closest to Marilla listed first.
- Yorkshire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Delevan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Brooklyn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Brooklyn is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
- Machias
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marilla, with the one closest to Marilla listed first.
- Griswold
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Griswold is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Corfu
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sawens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sawens is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawens
- Alexander
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Indian Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Falls is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
- Amherst
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
- North Pembroke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Pembroke is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
- Basom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brookville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- Bushville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bushville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Ridgewood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- East Alexander
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Alabama
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alabama is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama
- Niagara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marilla, with the one closest to Marilla listed first.
- Rapids
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rapids is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapids
- Raymond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Raymond is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Park Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Park Village is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Village
- Dysinger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dysinger is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysinger
- Hoffman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoffman is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffman
- Martinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- North Tonawanda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
- Pendleton Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton Center is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton Center
- Wurlitzer Park Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Lockport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Lockport is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lockport
- Lockport
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gasport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lockport Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport Junction is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Junction
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marilla, with the one closest to Marilla listed first.
- Lakewood Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lakewood Village is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- West Barre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
- Medina
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jeddo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jeddo is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- South Barre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Marilla, with the one closest to Marilla listed first.
- Folsomdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Folsomdale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Harris Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
- Java Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Varysburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Attica
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Johnsonburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Java Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- North Java
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Curriers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Curriers is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curriers
- Dale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Smiths Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Smiths Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Corner
- Warsaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Arcade
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Marilla, see our County-by-County Page for Marilla.
Cemeteries Near Marilla ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Marilla.
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 Marilla - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Marilla covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Marilla, with the one closest to Marilla listed first.
- Marilla Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- German Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maple Rest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Folsomdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cowlesville Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Alden Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alden Town Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Adalbert's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (381 more) ...
- St. John the Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. John the Baptist Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John the Baptist Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Alden Center.
- The St. John the Baptist Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John the Baptist RC Church Ceemtery
- St. Johns Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168347 <2>
- St. Augustines Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holmes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Marilla had a population of 548 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Marilla, with the one closest to Marilla listed first.
- Williston
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Elma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- East Elma is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Elma
- Porterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Town Line
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Alden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Alden is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Alden
- Jamison Road
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jamison Road is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison Road
- Cowlesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Elma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elma Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elma Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma Center
- East Aurora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Wales Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Folsomdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Folsomdale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Alden
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Alden Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- East Lancaster
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- East Lancaster is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lancaster
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Marilla. See our List of 1890's Communities around Marilla.
Newspapers Published in Marilla ...
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 269 newspapers that have been published in the area around Marilla.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Marilla, 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 Marilla.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Marilla:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Erie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Genesee County
- Niagara County
- Orleans County
- Wyoming 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 Marilla, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Marilla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |