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 Piffard (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 Piffard. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Piffard is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Piffard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Piffard:
- Livingston County (The home county of Piffard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Geneseo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- York
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Cuylerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Inverness
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Craigs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Leicester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
- Sleggs Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Pine Tavern
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Mount Morris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Groveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Caledonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Swain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
- Canaseraga
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Garwoods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Wiscoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Fillmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hume
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Pavilion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Limerock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Pavilion Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Le Roy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Stafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Morganville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Linden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Bergen
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Byron
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Byron is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- East Alexander
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- West Bethany
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Mumford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Rush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Belcoda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- Garbutt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Scottsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moran Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- North Rush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Clifton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Honeoye Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Rush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Riga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Richmond Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- North Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Canadice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- West Canadice Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- East Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Village of Bloomfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Holcomb
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Gulick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Bristol Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Victor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- South Barre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Clarendon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Holley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Manning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- West Barre
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Wayland
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cohocton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Arkport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Peoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Covington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Perry Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Warsaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Castile
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Silver Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Dale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gainesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Attica
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yates County
- Vine Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Piffard, see our County-by-County Page for Piffard.
Cemeteries Near Piffard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Piffard.
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 Piffard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Piffard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Greigsville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Taunton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Temple Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- York Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Leicester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Avon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williamsburg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Scottish Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (428 more) ...
- Job Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Olivet Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Nash Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Piffard had a population of 314 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Piffard, with the one closest to Piffard listed first.
- Retsof
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Wadsworth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wadsworth is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wadsworth
- Geneseo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greigsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greigsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greigsville
- Cuylerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- York
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Leicester
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
- South Avon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Avon
- Fowlerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
- Craigs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Peoria
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Shaker Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Shaker Crossing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Crossing
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Ashantee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashantee is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashantee
- Linwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Linwood is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Mount Morris
(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 Piffard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piffard.
Newspapers Published in Piffard ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Piffard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Piffard, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Piffard.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Piffard:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Genesee County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Orleans County
- Steuben County
- Wyoming County
- Yates 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> | 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 Piffard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Piffard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |