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 Sheldrake Springs (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 Sheldrake Springs. 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 Sheldrake Springs ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Sheldrake Springs: Sheldrake Spgs. (or less commonly used: Sheldrake Spngs. or Sheldrake Sprngs.)
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Sheldrake Springs is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Sheldrake Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sheldrake Springs:
- Seneca County (The home county of Sheldrake Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Kidders
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Interlaken
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- 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
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Varick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Romulus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Seneca Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Waterloo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Border City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Willets
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Atwaters
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Black Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Poplar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- East Genoa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Union Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cascade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Millport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Scott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Munsons Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Little York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Mandana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Skaneateles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mottville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Thorn Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Rose Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Amber
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Otisco Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Elbridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marcellus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Billsboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Geneva
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Hall
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Gorham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Melvin Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Seneca Castle
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Phelps
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Cottage City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Searsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Logan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mecklenburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- North Reading
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Watkins Glen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Montour Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Keuka
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Bradford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prattsburgh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Hammondsport
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Tioga County
- North Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Trumansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- North Lansing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Myers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Willow Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- East Lansing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- West Groton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Lansing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Ithaca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Clyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lyons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Dresden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Himrod
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Angus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Seneca Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Glenora
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Bellona
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Penn Yan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Benton Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Barrington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Yatesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sheldrake Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Sheldrake Springs.
Cemeteries Near Sheldrake Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sheldrake Springs.
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 Sheldrake Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sheldrake Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Ovid Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McNeal Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sheldrake Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Old Ovid Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Covert Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Lodi Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Townsendville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Covert Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (458 more) ...
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cronk Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<2>
While we didn't find Sheldrake Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sheldrake Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sheldrake Springs, with the one closest to Sheldrake Springs listed first.
- Sheldrake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sheldrake is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldrake
- Ovid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willets
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Atwaters
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Lodi Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
- Townsendville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
- Covert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Covert is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
- Willard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Ledyard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Romulus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- East Steamburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Steamburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steamburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sheldrake Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sheldrake Springs.
Newspapers Published in Sheldrake Springs ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sheldrake Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sheldrake Springs, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sheldrake Springs.
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 either 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 Sheldrake Springs:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Cortland County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Wayne County
- Yates 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> | 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 Sheldrake Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sheldrake Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |