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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 Skinnerville (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 Skinnerville. 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 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.

Skinnerville is located in Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County: Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis.

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

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Skinnerville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Skinnerville, with the one closest to Skinnerville listed first.
    • Winthrop
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Brasher Falls
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Sandfordville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
    • North Stockholm
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
    • West Stockholm
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Raymondville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopkinton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Norfolk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Massena Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
    • Brasher Iron Works
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brasher Iron Works is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brasher Iron Works
    • Nicholville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Norwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Norwood is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Skinnerville, with the one closest to Skinnerville listed first.
    • Alburg
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • Moira
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Hogansburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Brushton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • East Dickinson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bombay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • West Bangor
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Bangor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Skerry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Fort Covington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Westville Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center
    • Malone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Skinnerville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Skinnerville.

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 Skinnerville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Holmes Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • East Part Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Winthrop Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Willis Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Patrick Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Richardson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Brookdale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Kyle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Hailville Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (153 more) ...

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

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

  • Stockholm Center
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Stockholm Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm Center
  • Winthrop
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Brasher Falls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Buckton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckton
  • Brookdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
  • North Stockholm
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
  • West Stockholm
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Southville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Southville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville
  • Fort Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Jackson is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Jackson
  • North Lawrence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • North Lawrence is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lawrence
  • Hopkinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
  • Lawrenceville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Raymondville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Norfolk
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Norwood
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Norwood is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Skinnerville ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Skinnerville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Skinnerville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Skinnerville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Skinnerville:

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