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 Orchard Grove Village Park (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 Orchard Grove Village Park. 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 Orchard Grove Village Park ...
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 Orchard Grove Village Park: Orchard Grv. Vlg. Park (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
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 southeast 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 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.
Orchard Grove Village Park 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 Orchard Grove Village Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Orchard Grove Village Park:
- Wayne County (The home county of Orchard Grove Village Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove Village Park, with the one closest to Orchard Grove Village Park listed first.
- Ontario
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fruitland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Williamson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Pultneyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Walworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huddle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Macedon Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Marquart Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Macedon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove Village Park, with the one closest to Orchard Grove Village Park listed first.
- Fair Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Victory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Livingston County
- Lima
(28 miles [45.1 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>
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove Village Park, with the one closest to Orchard Grove Village Park listed first.
- Webster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Penfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Rochester is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,458 people
- German Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- German Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
- Glen Haven
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Pittsford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Irondequoit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Brighton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- White City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- White City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Windsor Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
- Charlotte
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Charlotte is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Orchard Grove Village Park, with the one closest to Orchard Grove Village Park listed first.
- Port Gibson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Shortsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Victor
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Clifton Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Phelps
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hopewell Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Village of Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Canandaigua
(23 miles [37 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>
- Holcomb
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Melvin Hill
(23 miles [37 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 Orchard Grove Village Park, with the one closest to Orchard Grove Village Park listed first.
- Border City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tyre
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Orchard Grove Village Park, see our County-by-County Page for Orchard Grove Village Park.
Cemeteries Near Orchard Grove Village Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Orchard Grove Village Park.
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 Orchard Grove Village Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Orchard Grove Village Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Orchard Grove Village Park, with the one closest to Orchard Grove Village Park listed first.
- Ontario Town Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Furnaceville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ridge Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ontario Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Dixon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Walworth Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Finley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hall Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sherman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gould Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (301 more) ...
- Lake View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Walworth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Baker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
While we didn't find Orchard Grove Village Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Orchard Grove Village Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Orchard Grove Village Park, with the one closest to Orchard Grove Village Park listed first.
- Ontario
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Ontario Center
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Furnaceville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Furnaceville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnaceville
- Fruitland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Lincoln
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Williamson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lakeside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeside is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Walworth
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pultneyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- West Walworth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Walworth is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Walworth
- Marion
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- East Williamson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Williamson is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williamson
- Webster
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Penfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- East Penfield is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Penfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Orchard Grove Village Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Orchard Grove Village Park.
Newspapers Published in Orchard Grove Village Park ...
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 299 newspapers that have been published in the area around Orchard Grove Village Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Orchard Grove Village Park, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Orchard Grove Village Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Orchard Grove Village Park:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Wayne County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Seneca 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 Orchard Grove Village Park, 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 from Point A (ie- Orchard Grove Village Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |