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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 Saxe Corner (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 Saxe Corner. 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 Saxe Corner ...

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 Saxe Corner: Saxe Cor. (or less commonly used: Saxe Crn.)

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 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.

Saxe Corner is located in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County: Lewis, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.

Below are the counties that are near Saxe Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saxe Corner:

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Saxe Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxe Corner, with the one closest to Saxe Corner listed first.
    • Belleville
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Ellisburg
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Mannsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Adams
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Adams is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
    • Jefferson Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
    • Lyon Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
    • Lorraine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Henderson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Adams Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Worth
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Worth is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
    • Boultons Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Boultons Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boultons Beach
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxe Corner, with the one closest to Saxe Corner listed first.
    • Barnes Corners
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Barnes Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes Corners
    • New Boston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • New Boston is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
    • Parkers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Parkers is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkers
    • Rector
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Rector is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rector
    • Copenhagen
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrisburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
    • Osceola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Osceola is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Denmark
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Denmark is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Michigan Mills
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
    • Briggs Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Briggs Corner is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner
    • West Martinsburg
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
    • Castorland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Oswego County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saxe Corner, with the one closest to Saxe Corner listed first.
    • Lacona
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sandy Creek
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Smartville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Smartville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
    • Pulaski
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Richland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Orwell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chateaugay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
    • Daysville Corner
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Daysville Corner is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville Corner
    • Daysville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Daysville is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daysville
    • Altmar
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Texas
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Texas is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
    • Albion Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Albion Center is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Center

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Saxe Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Saxe Corner.

Cemeteries Near Saxe Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saxe Corner.

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 Saxe Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Saxe Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Saxe Corner, with the one closest to Saxe Corner listed first.

  • Saxe Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Giddingsville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Bigelow Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Mixer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Maplewood Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bishop Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Randall Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Elmwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clark Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (179 more) ...
    • Stowles Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gallea Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Carpenter Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Saxe Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Saxe Corner.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Saxe Corner, with the one closest to Saxe Corner listed first.

  • Belleville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Ellisburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Pierrepont Manor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Woodville is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Mannsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rural Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
  • Adams
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Adams is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adams <1>
  • Winona
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Winona is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
  • North Boylston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North Boylston is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Boylston
  • Lorraine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Henderson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandy Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Lacona
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Adams Center
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Henderson Harbor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Saxe Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saxe Corner.

Newspapers Published in Saxe Corner ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saxe Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Saxe Corner, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Saxe Corner.

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 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 Saxe Corner:

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 Saxe Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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- Saxe Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.