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 Ricard (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 Ricard. 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 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.
Ricard 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 Ricard. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ricard:
- Oswego County (The home county of Ricard)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricard, with the one closest to Ricard listed first.
- Kasoag
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kasoag is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
- Altmar
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chateaugay
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
- Redfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albion Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Albion Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- West Amboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Amboy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
- Dugway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dugway is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
- Smartville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smartville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lacona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Graftons Square
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Graftons Square is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graftons Square
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricard, with the one closest to Ricard listed first.
- Mannsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Worth Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
- Lorraine
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Worth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Worth is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Ellisburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Adams
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Belleville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
- Adams Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Rodman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
- Lyon Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
- Henderson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricard, with the one closest to Ricard listed first.
- Osceola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Osceola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Leisher Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Leisher Mill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisher Mill
- Michigan Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
- Parkers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Parkers is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
- Rector
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rector is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
- Mohawk Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
- Barnes Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
- New Boston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- New Boston is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- West Leyden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Constableville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Collinsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Collinsville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Turin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Martinsburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricard, with the one closest to Ricard listed first.
- Bridgeport
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oneida Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oneida Valley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneida Valley
- Whitelaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Whitelaw is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
- Bolivar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Canastota
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sullivan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sullivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricard, with the one closest to Ricard listed first.
- Camden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Elpis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Elpis is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elpis
- Jewell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Jewell is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- McConnellsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- McConnellsville is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnellsville
- Blossvale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Bay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Bay is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay
- Point Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Point Rock is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Taberg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Vienna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vienna is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
- Ava
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brookfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Sylvan Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ricard, with the one closest to Ricard listed first.
- Brewerton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clay
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Euclid
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Euclid is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- North Syracuse
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Tall Pines Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
- Kirkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mattydale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Minoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wrights Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- East Syracuse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- East Syracuse is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Syracuse
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,907 people
- Galeville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Galeville is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galeville
- Little Utica
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
- Liverpool
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ricard, see our County-by-County Page for Ricard.
Cemeteries Near Ricard ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ricard.
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 Ricard - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ricard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ricard, with the one closest to Ricard listed first.
- White Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Madison Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pekin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Happy Valley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- Williamstown Cemetery
- Williamstown Fairview Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64502 <2>
- Chateaugay Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Myrtle Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salmon River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Salmon River Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the southeast of Pulaski.
- The Salmon River Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pineville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986877 <2>
- Continue List (246 more) ...
- Albion Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Getman Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Butler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ricard had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ricard, with the one closest to Ricard listed first.
- Kasoag
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kasoag is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
- Williamstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Redfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Orwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dugway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dugway is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dugway
- West Amboy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Amboy is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Amboy
- Amboy Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Amboy Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amboy Center
- Richland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Florence
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Florence is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Osceola
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Osceola is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
- Greenboro
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Greenboro is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenboro
- Boylston Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Boylston Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boylston Center
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- North Constantia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- North Constantia is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Constantia
- Pulaski
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Parish
(12 miles [19.3 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 Ricard. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ricard.
Newspapers Published in Ricard ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ricard.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ricard, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ricard.
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 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 Ricard:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Oswego County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | 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> | 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- Ricard) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Ricard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |