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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 Onteo Beach (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 Onteo Beach. 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 Onteo Beach ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Onteo Beach: Onteo Bch.

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 and doctors 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.

Onteo Beach is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.

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

  • Monroe County     (The home county of Onteo Beach)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteo Beach, with the one closest to Onteo Beach listed first.
    • North Hamlin
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • North Hamlin is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hamlin
    • Hamlin
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Otis
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Otis is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
    • Hilton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Clarkson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Redman Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Redman Corners is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Corners
    • Brockport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hinkleyville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hinkleyville is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkleyville
    • Adams Basin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • North Greece
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Greece is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greece
    • Parma Corners
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Parma Corners is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma Corners
    • Spencerport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteo Beach, with the one closest to Onteo Beach listed first.
    • Bergen
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jericon Corners
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
    • South Byron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • South Byron is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
    • Fort Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Elba
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Elba is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <1>
    • Morganville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Morganville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Le Roy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Limerock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Stafford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Oakfield
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Batavia
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Wheatville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheatville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville
  • Livingston County
    • Caledonia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Niagara County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteo Beach, with the one closest to Onteo Beach listed first.
    • County Line
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • County Line is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
    • Millers
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Millers is located in Niagara County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers
    • Middleport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Orleans County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteo Beach, with the one closest to Onteo Beach listed first.
    • Kendall
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Murray
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Murray is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Holley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hulberton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hulberton is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
    • Brockville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Brockville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
    • Kent
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Clarendon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Manning
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Manning is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
    • Albion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gaines
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Gaines is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
    • Kuckville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Kuckville is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuckville
    • Eagle Harbor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Onteo Beach, with the one closest to Onteo Beach listed first.
    • Lakeside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Lakeside is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
    • Fruitland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Fruitland is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
    • Lincoln
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln

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

Cemeteries Near Onteo Beach ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Onteo Beach.

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 Onteo Beach - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lakeside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Morton Union Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Blossom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wright Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Smith Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Atchinson Family Pioneer Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hilton Village Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hatch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • West Clarkson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Beachwood Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (197 more) ...
    • Garland Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Parma Union Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hulberton Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • North Hamlin
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • North Hamlin is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hamlin
  • Hamlin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Kendall Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kendall Mills is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall Mills
  • Kendall
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Otis
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Otis is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
  • Murray
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Murray is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Clarkson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • West Kendall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • West Kendall is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kendall
  • Brockport
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Garland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Garland is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
  • Parma Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Parma Center is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma Center
  • Hulberton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hulberton is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Holley
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Adams Basin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • North Greece
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Greece is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greece

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

Newspapers Published in Onteo Beach ...

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 252 newspapers that have been published in the area around Onteo Beach.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Onteo Beach, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Onteo Beach.

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 Onteo Beach:

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>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 Onteo Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Onteo Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.