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 Pembroke (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 Pembroke. 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.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Pembroke is located in Genesee 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 Genesee County: Erie, Livingston, Monroe, Orleans & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Pembroke. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pembroke:
- Genesee County (The home county of Pembroke)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Indian Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Falls is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
- Corfu
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Pembroke is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
- Basom
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sawens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sawens is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawens
- Alabama
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Alabama is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama
- Bushville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Bushville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Ridgewood Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ridgewood Village is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgewood Village
- Wheatville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville
- Griswold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Griswold is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Oakfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Akron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crittenden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Akron Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Akron Junction is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akron Junction
- Alden Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- Alden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Looneyville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Looneyville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
- Town Line
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Clarence Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Wolcottsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wolcottsburg is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolcottsburg
- Williston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Harris Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Harris Hill is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Hill
- Bowmansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Craigs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Caledonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Inverness
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Pine Tavern
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Sweden Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sweden Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Center
- Churchville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Riga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Belcoda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- Mumford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Brockport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redman Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redman Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Corners
- Clarkson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Niagara County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Dysinger
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dysinger is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dysinger
- Rapids
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rapids is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapids
- Raymond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Raymond is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Middleport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Reynales Basin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Reynales Basin is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynales Basin
- Gasport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Lockport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Lockport is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lockport
- Johnson Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Johnson Creek is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Lockport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hartland is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Pendleton Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pendleton Center is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendleton Center
- Lockport Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lockport Junction is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockport Junction
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Lakewood Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lakewood Village is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
- West Barre
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
- Medina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Jeddo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jeddo is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddo
- South Barre
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Eagle Harbor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Albion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kenyonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Kenyonville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenyonville
- Lyndonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gaines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gaines is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
- Manning
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Clarendon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Folsomdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Folsomdale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsomdale
- Attica
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harris Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harris Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
- Varysburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Johnsonburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Johnsonburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsonburg
- Wyoming
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Java Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Java
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Covington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Warsaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Java Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pembroke, see our County-by-County Page for Pembroke.
Cemeteries Near Pembroke ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pembroke.
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 Pembroke - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pembroke covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Evergreen Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Old Buffalo Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Falls Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Patrick's RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Theresa RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Lawn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crittenden Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. John's RC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Four Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Long House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (398 more) ...
- Alden Union Free Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Pembroke Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pembroke had a population of 259 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pembroke, with the one closest to Pembroke listed first.
- Corfu
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Falls is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Falls
- Akron
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Newstead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Newstead is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Newstead
- Crittenden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fargo is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- North Pembroke
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Pembroke is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pembroke
- Sawens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sawens is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawens
- West Batavia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Batavia is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Batavia
- East Pembroke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Millgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Millgrove is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millgrove
- Wende
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wende is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wende
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Alden Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- Alden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Darien Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pembroke. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pembroke.
Newspapers Published in Pembroke ...
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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pembroke.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pembroke, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pembroke.
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 Pembroke:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Genesee County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Erie County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Niagara County
- Orleans County
- Wyoming 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 Pembroke, 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- Pembroke) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |