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 Stream (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 Stream. 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.
Rock Stream is located in Yates 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 Yates County: Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca & Steuben.
Below are the counties that are near Rock Stream. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rock Stream:
- Yates County (The home county of Rock Stream)
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Glenora
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Himrod
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Barrington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Penn Yan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Angus
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Benton Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Italy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Atwaters
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Aurora
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Poplar Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Locke
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Union Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Cross Roads
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Millport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Pine Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Horseheads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Big Flats
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Erin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Elmira
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Elmira
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Elmira is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Elmira
- Southport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Billsboro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Gorham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Naples
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Flint
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Cottage City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Seneca Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Gulick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Reading Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Reading
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Hector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Logan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Burdett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Watkins Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Townsend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Wedgewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Montour Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Searsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Mecklenburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Lodi
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willard
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Ovid
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Romulus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Border City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Keuka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Bradford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Urbana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- South Pulteney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Sonora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Hammondsport
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hornby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Pleasant Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hermitage
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Prattsburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Cold Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- North Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Trumansburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Willow Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Lake Ridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Newfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Myers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Ithaca
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Ithaca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Forest Home
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rock Stream, see our County-by-County Page for Rock Stream.
Cemeteries Near Rock Stream ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rock Stream.
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 Stream - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rock Stream covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Rock Stream Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Old Reading Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lakemont Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Starkey Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Altay Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Burdett Presbyterian Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (417 more) ...
- Valois Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- County Line Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Rock Stream had a population of 188 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Rock Stream, with the one closest to Rock Stream listed first.
- Glenora
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- North Reading
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Starkey
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Starkey is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
- Altay
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Altay is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altay
- Burdett
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Watkins Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Bennettsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Crystal Spring
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Tyrone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Weston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weston is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Townsend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rock Stream. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rock Stream.
Newspapers Published in Rock Stream ...
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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rock Stream.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rock Stream, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rock Stream.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Stream:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Yates County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Rock Stream, 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- Rock Stream) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |