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 Semans 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 Semans 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 Semans 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.
- A typical abbreviation for Semans Corner: Semans Cor. (or less commonly used: Semans Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Semans Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Semans Corner may originally have been Seman's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Semans Corner might be written as Seman Corner.
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.
Semans Corner is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Semans Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Semans Corner:
- Ontario County (The home county of Semans Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Woodville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Gulick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Naples
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Canadice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bristol Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Bristol
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Cottage City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Richmond Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Centerfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Gorham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Village of Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Canandaigua
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- 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 <2>
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Canaseraga
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Swain
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <2>
- Bishopville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Almond
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Springwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Websters Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Dansville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Maple Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Livonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Cumminsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cumminsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumminsville
- Woodsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woodsville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsville
- Sleggs Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- East Groveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Groveland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Sparta
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Kysorville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Ford Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Honeoye Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mendon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moran Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Rush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Manns Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- North Rush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Henrietta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Henrietta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
- Fairport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pittsford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Wayne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Hector
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reading Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Logan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Townsend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Townsend is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Willard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Border City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Lodi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Ovid
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Romulus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Atlanta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Cohocton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Catawba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Avoca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Keuka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Urbana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Mitchellsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Haskinville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- Pleasant Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hammondsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Macedon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Palmyra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Macedon Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Marquart Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Newark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Vine Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Italy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Rushville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Yatesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Keuka Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Benton Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Penn Yan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Barrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Bellona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Seneca Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Angus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Dresden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Semans Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Semans Corner.
Cemeteries Near Semans Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Semans 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 Semans Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Semans Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- The Fairview Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Church Naples Cemetery
- Old Square Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2190377 <3>
- Rose Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Italy - Naples Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wolven Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Coye Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garling House Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gerould Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerould Cemetery
- The Gerould Cemetery has also been known as:
- Marsh Cemetery
- South Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64634 <3>
- Italy Valley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hunt Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ft. Farm Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (444 more) ...
- Pamely Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Middlesex Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Randall Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Semans Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Semans Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Semans Corner, with the one closest to Semans Corner listed first.
- Naples
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bristol Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bristol Springs is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Springs
- Gulick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- South Bristol
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bristol
- Italy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Vine Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Middlesex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ingleside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ingleside is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- North Cohocton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Cohocton is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cohocton
- Italy Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Italy Hill is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy Hill
- Potter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Canadice
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Bristol Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Prattsburgh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Friend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Friend is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Semans Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Semans Corner.
Newspapers Published in Semans 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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Semans Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Semans Corner, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Semans Corner.
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 Semans Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Semans Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Semans Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |