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 Southeast Owasco (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 Southeast Owasco. 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 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.
Southeast Owasco is located in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County: Cortland, Onondaga, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins & Wayne.
Below are the counties that are near Southeast Owasco. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Southeast Owasco:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Southeast Owasco)
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Cascade
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Austin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Moravia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Kelloggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Niles
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- New Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Locke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sempronius
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Dresserville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- East Genoa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Poplar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Scott
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Little York
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Preble
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Slab City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Homer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Cortland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- East River
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- McGraw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- DeRuyter
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Union
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Mandana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Spafford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Thorn Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Amber
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Otisco Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Rose Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Skaneateles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mottville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Otisco
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Assembly Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Marcellus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Tully
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Cardiff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Billsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Dobbins Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Geneva
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Thompson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Hall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Perry City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Mecklenburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Kidders
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- East Varick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Canoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Interlaken
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Kuneytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Romulus
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Seneca Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Waterloo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Border City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- North Lansing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- West Groton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Groton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- East Lansing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Groton City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Myers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Peruville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Willow Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- McLean
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Taughannock Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Freeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Clyde
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Dresden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Angus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Himrod
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Glenora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Dundee
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Benton Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Southeast Owasco, see our County-by-County Page for Southeast Owasco.
Cemeteries Near Southeast Owasco ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Southeast Owasco.
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 Southeast Owasco - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Southeast Owasco covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Hewitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Humphrey Howland Burial
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- West Niles Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Stewart Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Mound Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Old Quaker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Baker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dry Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kelloggsville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Twelve Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (480 more) ...
- Venice Center Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Venice Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Conklin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Southeast Owasco in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Southeast Owasco.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Southeast Owasco, with the one closest to Southeast Owasco listed first.
- Cascade
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Omro
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Moravia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ensenore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ensenore is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenore
- Austin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Venice Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Venice Center is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice Center
- East Venice
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Venice is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Venice
- Kelloggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Niles
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Locke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Hope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Owasco
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Owasco is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Merrifield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Merrifield is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
- Genoa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dresserville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Southeast Owasco. See our List of 1890's Communities around Southeast Owasco.
Newspapers Published in Southeast Owasco ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Southeast Owasco.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Southeast Owasco, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Southeast Owasco.
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 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 Southeast Owasco:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Onondaga County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca 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 Southeast Owasco, 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 from Point A (ie- Southeast Owasco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |