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 Relius (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 Relius. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Relius is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Relius. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Relius:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Relius)
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Oakwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cross Roads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cayuga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Auburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Throop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Union Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Melrose Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Melrose Park is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose Park
- Port Byron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Sennett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Weedsport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aurora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sherwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Scott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Preble
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Little York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Slab City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Homer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Mottville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Skaneateles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mandana
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Elbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Halfway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Marcellus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Marcellus Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marcellus Falls is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcellus Falls
- Jacks Reef
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Amber
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Memphis
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Dobbins Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Geneva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Thompson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- West Junius
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Billsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Melvin Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Castle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Flint
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Clifton Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gorham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Bowens Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Bowens Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowens Corners
- South Granby
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Granby is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Granby
- Hannibal
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hinmansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Fairdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Phoenix
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granby Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Fulton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ingalls Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ingalls Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingalls Crossing
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Searsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Hector
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Canoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Tyre
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Kuneytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Waterloo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Varick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Border City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Ovid
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Willard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Interlaken
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- 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
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Myers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Groton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Groton City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Peruville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Lansing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- South Butler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Clyde
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lyons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Red Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wolcott
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Furnace Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Mud Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- South Sodus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
- Newark
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Huron
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- York
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Fairville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Angus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dresden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Seneca Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Penn Yan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Himrod
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Keuka Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rushville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Relius, see our County-by-County Page for Relius.
Cemeteries Near Relius ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Relius.
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 Relius - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Relius covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Nicholas Russian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Cowan - Farnham Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Maycumber Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lamb Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cranebrook Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fosterville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Richardson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Throopsville Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fairchild Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (495 more) ...
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Farmer Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ft. Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find Relius in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Relius.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Relius, with the one closest to Relius listed first.
- Fosterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fosterville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Oakwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Cross Roads
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cayuga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cayuga Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
- Auburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Throopsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Throopsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throopsville
- Union Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fleming
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fleming is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Throop
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Throop is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throop
- Canoga
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Mapleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mapleton is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Montezuma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Seneca Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Degroff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Degroff is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degroff
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Relius. See our List of 1890's Communities around Relius.
Newspapers Published in Relius ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Relius.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Relius, 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 Relius.
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 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 Relius:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Oswego County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne 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 Relius, 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' (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- Relius) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |