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 Red Mills (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 Red Mills. 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 Red Mills ...
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 Red Mills: Red Mls. (or less commonly used: Red Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Red Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Red Mills.
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 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.
Red Mills is located in Tompkins 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 Tompkins County: Cayuga, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Seneca & Tioga.
Below are the counties that are near Red Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Mills:
- Tompkins County (The home county of Red Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Freeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McLean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peruville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Dryden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Groton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Groton City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Varna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- West Groton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Lansing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Forest Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Killawog
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Lisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- Whitney Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Aubrey
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Triangle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle
- Maine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Castle Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- West Chenango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- New Ireland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Summer Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Locke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dresserville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- East Genoa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Montville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sempronius
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Kelloggsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Cascade
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- New Hope
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Omro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Atwaters
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Van Etten
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Erin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Pitcher
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Smithville Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- South Otselic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adams Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corner
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Munsons Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Homer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- McGraw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Messengerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Lapeer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- East River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Pratt Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- East Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East Scott
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- DeRuyter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Spafford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Assembly Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Otisco Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Tully
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Otisco
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Amber
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Apulia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Thorn Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Cardiff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Rose Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Berwyn
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Perry City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Cayutaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Searsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Alpine
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Catharine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Odessa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Hector
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Montour Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Kidders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Lodi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- East Varick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Willard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Candor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Newark
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Newark Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Candor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Ketchumville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- North Spencer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Hamar Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Spencer
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Weltonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Hullsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Gaskill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Owego
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Yates County
- Glenora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Red Mills.
Cemeteries Near Red Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Mills.
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 Red Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Red Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Willow Glen Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- McLean Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peruville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Scofield Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Etna Community Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Groton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Groton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McAllister Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Carpenter Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Virgil Rural Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (442 more) ...
- Brown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Ellis Hollow Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cornell Lane Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Red Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Freeville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dryden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- McLean
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Peruville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Etna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Groton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Dryden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Dryden is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dryden
- South Cortland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Cortland is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cortland
- Virgil
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Groton City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Varna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- Ellis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ellis is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Summer Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Harford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cortland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red Mills.
Newspapers Published in Red Mills ...
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 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Mills, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Red Mills:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tompkins County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tioga 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> | 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 Red Mills, 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- Red Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |