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 South Chili (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 South Chili. 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 South Chili ...
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 South Chili: S. Chili
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
South Chili is located in Monroe 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 Monroe County: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near South Chili. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Chili:
- Monroe County (The home county of South Chili)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- Clifton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Severance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Garbutt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Scottsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brookdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brookdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- Whites
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whites is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Belcoda
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- North Chili
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Chili is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chili
- North Rush
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Mumford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riga
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Churchville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- Limerock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Bergen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Jericon Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
- Le Roy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Byron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- South Byron is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- Pavilion Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Morganville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Stafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Pavilion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Batavia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Elba
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- East Alexander
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- Caledonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Avon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Inverness
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Inverness is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
- York
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- York is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Lima
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- Craigs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Geneseo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Livonia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sleggs Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Cuylerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Leicester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- East Groveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Foots Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- North Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- West Bloomfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Victor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Village of Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Bloomfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Holcomb
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Centerfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- West Canadice Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Canadice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- Canandaigua
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <1>
- Orleans County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- Clarendon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Holley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manning
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Manning is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manning
- Hulberton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hulberton is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hulberton
- South Barre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- South Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Barre
- Murray
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Murray is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Brockville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brockville is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockville
- Kendall
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Albion
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Barre
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- West Barre is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Barre
- Kent
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eagle Harbor is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor
- Gaines
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gaines is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaines
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- Macedon Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Macedon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Fruitland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitland is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Huddle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- Walworth
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Yellow Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Lakeside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeside is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
- Marquart Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Palmyra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ontario
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Orchard Grove Village Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- Peoria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Covington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Wyoming
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Perry Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Dale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Perry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Attica
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Warsaw
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Chili, see our County-by-County Page for South Chili.
Cemeteries Near South Chili ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Chili.
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 South Chili - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Chili covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- Fellows Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Chili Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clifton Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Garbutt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Buckbee Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Oatka Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holy Angels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- North Chili Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- Martin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- River View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- St. Felicia Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<2>
While we didn't find South Chili in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Chili.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Chili, with the one closest to South Chili listed first.
- Clifton
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Clifton is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Garbutt
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Severance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Whites
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whites is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites
- Brookdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Brookdale is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
- North Chili
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Chili is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chili
- Mumford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Rush
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Genesee Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Genesee Junction is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee Junction
- Maplewood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Maplewood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Riga
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Riga is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riga
- Beulah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beulah is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Caledonia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Rush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- West Henrietta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Chili. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Chili.
Newspapers Published in South Chili ...
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 288 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Chili.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Chili, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for South Chili.
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 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 South Chili:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Monroe County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Ontario County
- Orleans County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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 South Chili, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Chili) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |