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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 Landing (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 Landing. 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 Landing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Landing: North Lndg. (or less commonly used: North Lndng.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Landing.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

North Landing 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 North Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Landing:

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of North Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Landing, with the one closest to North Landing listed first.
    • Woodville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Ellisburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jefferson Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Belleville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mannsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Henderson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Adams
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Lyon Corner
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Lorraine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Adams Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Boultons Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
    • Sackets Harbor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Worth
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Landing, with the one closest to North Landing 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
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Parkers
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Rector
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Copenhagen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Osceola
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Harrisburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Landing, with the one closest to North Landing listed first.
    • Sandy Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Lacona
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Pulaski
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Smartville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Daysville Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Richland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Daysville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Orwell
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Texas
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Chateaugay
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Arthur
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Arthur is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Altmar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Albion Center
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 North Landing, see our County-by-County Page for North Landing.

Cemeteries Near North Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Landing.

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 Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Gallea Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bigelow Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Stowles Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Saxe Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mixer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Giddingsville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (179 more) ...
    • Woodlawn Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bishop Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Carpenter 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.<3>

While we didn't find North Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Landing.

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

  • Woodville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Ellisburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Belleville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rural Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
  • Mannsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pierrepont Manor
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lacona
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson Harbor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • North Boylston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • North Boylston is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Boylston
  • Winona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Winona is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Adams
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Smithville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Smithville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
    • Port Ontario
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Port Ontario is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ontario

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

Newspapers Published in North Landing ...

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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Landing, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Landing.

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 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 North Landing:

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 North Landing, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.