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 Parish Center (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 Parish Center. 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 Parish Center ...
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 Parish Center: Parish Ctr. (or less commonly used: Parish Cen., Parish Cent. or Parish Cntr.)
You might see Parish Centre instead of Parish Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Parish Center is located in Oswego 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 Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.
Below are the counties that are near Parish Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Parish Center:
- Oswego County (The home county of Parish Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Parish
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Amboy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Amboy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
- Dugway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dugway is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
- Hastings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Graftons Square
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Graftons Square is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graftons Square
- Mallory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Albion Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Albion Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
- Prattham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prattham is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
- Gayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gayville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
- Altmar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kasoag
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Kasoag is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
- Central Square
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Ira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ira is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- North Sterling
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
- Meridian
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
- Cato
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Victory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Mannsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ellisburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woodville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Lorraine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Worth Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
- Belleville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Park
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
- Adams
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Worth
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Worth is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Lyon Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Osceola
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Osceola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Leisher Mill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
- Michigan Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
- West Leyden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Parkers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parkers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Bridgeport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Whitelaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Whitelaw is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
- Bolivar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Oneida Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
- Chittenango
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Canastota
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cottons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cottons is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
- Sulphur Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
- Chittenango Springs
- Wampsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clockville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Elpis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elpis is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
- Camden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jewell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- North Bay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Bay is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- McConnellsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
- Vienna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vienna is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Blossvale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sylvan Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Taberg
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Leisure Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Humaston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Humaston is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humaston
- Brookfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Brewerton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Clay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Euclid
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Euclid is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- North Syracuse
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Syracuse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,595 people
- Wrights Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Liverpool
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mattydale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Baldwinsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Utica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
- Galeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Galeville is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galeville
- Lakeside
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeside is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Parish Center, see our County-by-County Page for Parish Center.
Cemeteries Near Parish Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Parish Center.
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 Parish Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Parish Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Old Dutch Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bidwell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carleys Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Getman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Parish.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65680 <3>
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Little France Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Amboy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Colosse Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- French Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hastings Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (284 more) ...
- Union Settlement Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Happy Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maple View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<4>
While we didn't find Parish Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Parish Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Parish Center, with the one closest to Parish Center listed first.
- Parish
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Morse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morse is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Hastings
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Little France
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little France is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little France
- West Amboy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- West Amboy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
- Colosse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Colosse is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colosse
- Dugway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Dugway is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
- Mallory
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Constantia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Constantia is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Constantia
- Amboy Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Amboy Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy Center
- Prattham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Prattham is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
- Hastings Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hastings Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hastings Center
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Gayville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gayville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayville
- East Palermo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Palermo is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palermo
- Central Square
(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 Parish Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Parish Center.
Newspapers Published in Parish Center ...
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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Parish Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Parish Center, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Parish Center.
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 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 Parish Center:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Oswego County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Jefferson County
- Lewis County
- Madison County
- Oneida County
- Onondaga 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> | 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- Parish Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Parish Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |