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 Silver Lake (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 Silver Lake. 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 Silver Lake ...
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 Silver Lake: Silver Lk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Silver Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Silver Lake.
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.
Silver Lake is located in Wyoming 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 Wyoming County: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee & Livingston.
Below are the counties that are near Silver Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Silver Lake:
- Wyoming County (The home county of Silver Lake)
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Perry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Perry Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Silver Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Castile
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Newburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Warsaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gainesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Wyoming
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hardys
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Covington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Dale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Koy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Wiscoy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Fillmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hume
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Swain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <1>
- Garwoods
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Houghton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Canaseraga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Caneadea
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Allen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- West Allen is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Allen
- Oramel
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oramel is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oramel
- Fairview
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Aristotle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Rushford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Yorkshire
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkshire is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire
- Delevan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Elton is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elton
- Machias
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Dutchtown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Dutchtown is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutchtown
- Protection
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Protection is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Protection
- Holland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Williston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Alden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Porterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Crittenden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Alden Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alden Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden Center
- East Aurora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Pavilion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Linden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- West Bethany
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Brookville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookville
- East Alexander
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Alexander
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Le Roy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Limerock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Stafford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Morganville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Fort Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Griswold
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Griswold is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Pine Tavern
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Mount Morris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leicester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
- Lewis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Cuylerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Nunda
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Dalton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kysorville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Craigs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Geneseo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Groveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Groveland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Mumford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Belcoda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- Garbutt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Scottsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Rush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Riga
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Clifton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- North Rush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Honeoye Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Moran Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Rush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Churchville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- West Canadice Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Canadice
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- Richmond Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- North Bloomfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Gulick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- West Bloomfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Wayland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arkport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Atlanta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cohocton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haskinville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- North Hornell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Silver Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Silver Lake.
Cemeteries Near Silver Lake ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Lake.
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 Silver Lake - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Silver Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- West Perry Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs Pioneer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grace Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Gainesville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- Lot Two Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hope Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Riverview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Silver Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Silver Lake.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Silver Lake, with the one closest to Silver Lake listed first.
- Perry
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Chace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Chace is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chace
- Perry Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Oatka
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oatka is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oatka
- Silver Lake Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake Junction is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Junction
- Silver Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rock Glen is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Castile
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Brooks Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brooks Grove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Grove
- La Grange
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- La Grange is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Grange
- Warsaw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Gainesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Morris
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Leicester
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Leicester is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leicester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Former names for Leicester:
- Leister
- Moscow
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leicester <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Silver Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silver Lake.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Silver Lake ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Lake.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Silver Lake. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Silver Lake and those printed in the larger area surrounding Silver Lake.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> of Silver Lake.
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 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 Silver Lake:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Wyoming County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Cattaraugus County
- Erie County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Steuben 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 Silver Lake, 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- Silver Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |