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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 Macedon (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 Macedon. 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 Macedon ...

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 Macedon: N. Macedon

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 doctors and 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 Macedon is located in Wayne 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 Wayne County: Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario & Seneca.

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

  • Wayne County     (The home county of North Macedon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Macedon, with the one closest to North Macedon listed first.
    • Macedon
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Macedon Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Yellow Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Marquart Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Palmyra
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Huddle
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • Walworth
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • East Palmyra
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Lincoln
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Marion
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Fruitland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Fruitland is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Ontario
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Orchard Grove Village Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Livingston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Macedon, with the one closest to North Macedon listed first.
    • Lima
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
    • Avon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Livonia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sleggs Landing
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Caledonia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Foots Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Macedon, with the one closest to North Macedon listed first.
    • Fairport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • East Rochester
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • East Rochester is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
    • Penfield
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Webster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pittsford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mendon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Ford Corner
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • Brighton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Brighton is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
    • Glen Haven
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
    • German Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • German Village is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
    • Henrietta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ridgeland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Ridgeland is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeland
    • Irondequoit
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Macedon, with the one closest to North Macedon listed first.
    • Port Gibson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Manchester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Victor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Shortsville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clifton Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Canandaigua
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
      • Canandaigua has also been known as:
      • Canadaigua
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
    • Hopewell Center
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
    • Holcomb
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Centerfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • East Bloomfield
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Phelps
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Melvin Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Macedon, with the one closest to North Macedon listed first.
    • Border City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
    • Waterloo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tyre
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
    • Seneca Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Macedon, with the one closest to North Macedon listed first.
    • Rushville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Vine Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Potter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Bellona
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Benton Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Yatesville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Angus
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus

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

Cemeteries Near North Macedon ...

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

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

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

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

  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Macedon Center Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Macedon Village Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Salem Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • North Farmington Friends Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Swift Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Langdon Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Lemuel Durfee Burying Ground
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Walworth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Baker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • South Perinton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (369 more) ...
    • St. Anne's RC Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Anne's RC Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anne's RC Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Palmyra.
      • The St. Anne's RC Cemetery has also been known as:
      • St. Anne's Catholic Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #762731 <2>
    • Palmyra Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • West Walworth Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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 Macedon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Macedon.

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

  • Macedon
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Walworth Station
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Walworth Station is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth Station
  • Macedon Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
  • Palmyra
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • West Walworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • West Walworth is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Walworth
  • Walworth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Egypt
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Egypt is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Farmington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • East Penfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • East Penfield is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Penfield
  • Lincoln
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • East Palmyra
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
  • Marion
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Fairport
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bushnell Basin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Bushnell Basin is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnell Basin
    • Victor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in North Macedon ...

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 267 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Macedon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Macedon, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Macedon.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 North Macedon:

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