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 North Fair Haven (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 North Fair Haven. 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 North Fair Haven ...
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.
Another variation: North Fairhaven.
- A typical abbreviation for North Fair Haven: N. Fair Hvn. (or less commonly used: N. Fair Havn.)
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 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.
North Fair Haven is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near North Fair Haven. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Fair Haven:
- Cayuga County (The home county of North Fair Haven)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fair Haven, with the one closest to North Fair Haven listed first.
- Fair Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sterling Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
- North Sterling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
- North Victory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
- Victory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Ira
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ira is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Cato
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Port Byron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Weedsport
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Sennett
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Throop
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Auburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fair Haven, with the one closest to North Fair Haven listed first.
- Lysander
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lysander is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little Utica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
- Plainville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wrights Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Jacks Reef
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Jordan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baldwinsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Memphis
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Village Green
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Village Green is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
- Elbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Knolls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Knolls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Knolls
- Van Buren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Van Buren is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fair Haven, with the one closest to North Fair Haven listed first.
- Thompson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Junius
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Port Gibson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fair Haven, with the one closest to North Fair Haven listed first.
- Hannibal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fairdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Southwest Oswego
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
- Furniss
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Furniss is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
- Oswego Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
- Granby Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Bowens Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- Minetto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oswego
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- South Granby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Mount Pleasant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Scriba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scriba is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
- Scriba has also been known as:
- Scriba Corners
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fair Haven, with the one closest to North Fair Haven listed first.
- Tyre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Seneca Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Fair Haven, with the one closest to North Fair Haven listed first.
- Red Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Furnace Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Wolcott
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- North Huron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
- Huron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- South Butler
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Sodus Point
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- South Sodus
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Wayne Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Clyde
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sodus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lyons
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Fair Haven, see our County-by-County Page for North Fair Haven.
Cemeteries Near North Fair Haven ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Fair Haven.
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 North Fair Haven - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Fair Haven covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Fair Haven, with the one closest to North Fair Haven listed first.
- Springbrook Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Livingston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- McArthur Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Forscutt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Overacre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Wolcott Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolcott Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Wolcott Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Wolcott.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65465 <2>
- Ford Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hannibal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Southside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Stevens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Joiner - Wheeler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joiner - Wheeler Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Joiner - Wheeler Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Wolcott.
- The Joiner - Wheeler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Wheeler Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2401381 <2>
- New Westbury 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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, North Fair Haven had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Fair Haven, with the one closest to North Fair Haven listed first.
- Fair Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sterling
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sterling Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
- North Sterling
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
- North Wolcott
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Wolcott is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wolcott
- Red Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Martville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Victory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
- Hannibal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hannibal Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hannibal Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal Center
- Westbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Westbury is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbury
- Bethel Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel Corners
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Fairdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- North Hannibal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Hannibal is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hannibal
- Southwest Oswego
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Fair Haven. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Fair Haven.
Newspapers Published in North Fair Haven ...
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 164 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Fair Haven.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Fair Haven, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Fair Haven.
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 North Fair Haven:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Seneca County
- Wayne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Fair Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 North Fair Haven, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |