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 Rock Beach (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 Rock Beach. 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 Rock Beach ...
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 Rock Beach: Rock Bch.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Rock Beach is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Rock Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Beach:
- Monroe County (The home county of Rock Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Beach, with the one closest to Rock Beach listed first.
- White City
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- White City is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Windsor Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
- Ontario Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ontario Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario Beach
- Charlotte
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Charlotte is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Irondequoit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- German Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- German Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
- Glen Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Greece
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Greece
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Greece is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greece
- Webster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Brighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- South Greece
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Greece is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greece
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Beach, with the one closest to Rock Beach listed first.
- Bergen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jericon Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
- Fort Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Limerock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Le Roy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Byron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Byron is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Morganville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Stafford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Beach, with the one closest to Rock Beach listed first.
- Lima
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- Caledonia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Avon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Inverness
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- Livonia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Beach, with the one closest to Rock Beach listed first.
- Victor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Bloomfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Village of Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Bloomfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Holcomb
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Port Gibson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manchester
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shortsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Centerfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Bristol
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Richmond Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Canandaigua
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Canandaigua is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canandaigua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,152 people
- Canandaigua has also been known as:
- Canadaigua
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canandaigua <1>
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Beach, with the one closest to Rock Beach listed first.
- Holley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kendall
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Murray
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Murray is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Clarendon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hulberton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hulberton is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
- Brockville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brockville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
- Manning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- South Barre
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Albion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Beach, with the one closest to Rock Beach listed first.
- Fruitland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Lakeside
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lakeside is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Lincoln
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Ontario
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Orchard Grove Village Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Macedon Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Huddle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Walworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Macedon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Williamson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pultneyville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marquart Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Yellow Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Beach.
Cemeteries Near Rock Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Beach.
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 Rock Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Beach, with the one closest to Rock Beach listed first.
- Charlotte Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Britton Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Waad Hakolel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Beth Hamedresh Hagodel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Rochester.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65814 <3>
- Riverside Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Irondequoit Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Rochester.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64887 <3>
- Kings Landing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Casimir's Polish Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hooker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Webster Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (273 more) ...
- Falls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridge Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton 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>
While we didn't find Rock Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rock Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Beach, with the one closest to Rock Beach listed first.
- Windsor Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Windsor Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Beach
- Ontario Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ontario Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario Beach
- Charlotte
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Charlotte is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- Irondequoit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sea Breeze
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sea Breeze is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
- Forest Lawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Forest Lawn is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
- Mount Read
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Read is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Read
- Glen Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- West Webster
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Webster is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Webster
- Greece
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Park is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- North Greece
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Greece is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greece
- South Greece
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- South Greece is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greece
- West Brighton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Brighton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Brighton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Beach.
Newspapers Published in Rock Beach ...
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 327 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Beach, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Beach.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Rock Beach:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Orleans County
- Wayne 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Rock Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Rock Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |