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 Sunny Shores (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 Sunny Shores. 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 Sunny Shores ...
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 Sunny Shores: Sunny Shrs.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sunny Shores. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunny Shores.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Sunny Shores is located in Livingston 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 Livingston County: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben & Wyoming.
Below are the counties that are near Sunny Shores. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunny Shores:
- Livingston County (The home county of Sunny Shores)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Maple Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Foots Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- East Groveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Sleggs Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Livonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Geneseo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Websters Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Groveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kysorville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- Cuylerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cuylerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuylerville
- Mount Morris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- West Sparta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Leicester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Swain
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Canaseraga
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Garwoods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Wiscoy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wiscoy is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscoy
- Bishopville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Fillmore
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hume
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Almond
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Pavilion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Limerock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Pavilion Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Le Roy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Stafford
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morganville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Morganville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
- Linden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Linden is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Bergen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Alexander is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Alexander
- Jericon Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
- South Byron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Byron is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
- West Bethany
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Bethany is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bethany
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Moran Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- West Rush
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Honeoye Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- North Rush
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- Rush
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garbutt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Ford Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Mumford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scottsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Belcoda
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Belcoda is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcoda
- Severance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Mendon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Canadice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Richmond Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- West Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Gulick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- North Bloomfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
- Bristol
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Bristol Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- East Bloomfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Village of Bloomfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Holcomb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Naples
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Wayland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Atlanta
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cohocton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Haskinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- Arkport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stephens Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Jobs Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Prattsburgh
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- North Hornell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Hornell is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hornell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
- Avoca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Howard is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Hornell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Macedon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Yellow Mills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Peoria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Perry Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Covington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Castile
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Wyoming
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Newburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Newburg is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Warsaw
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Dale
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gainesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- East Koy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Koy is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Koy
- Hardys
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Vine Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Italy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Rushville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Potter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunny Shores, see our County-by-County Page for Sunny Shores.
Cemeteries Near Sunny Shores ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunny Shores.
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 Sunny Shores - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunny Shores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- Alger Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oak Ridge Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Arnold Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Harder Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Powell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (437 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Short Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Temple Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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 Sunny Shores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunny Shores.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunny Shores, with the one closest to Sunny Shores listed first.
- East Groveland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- South Livonia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- South Livonia is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livonia
- Conesus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Livonia
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Geneseo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- South Lima
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lima
- Conesus Lake Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Conesus Lake Junction is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesus Lake Junction
- Shaker Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Shaker Crossing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Crossing
- Groveland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Avon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Avon
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mount Morris
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sonyea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Canadice
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunny Shores. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunny Shores.
Newspapers Published in Sunny Shores ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunny Shores.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunny Shores, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunny Shores.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sunny Shores:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Livingston County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Genesee County
- Monroe County
- Ontario County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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> | 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 Sunny Shores, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sunny Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |