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 Turin (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 Turin. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Turin is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Herkimer, Jefferson, Oneida, Oswego & Saint Lawrence.
Below are the counties that are near Turin. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turin:
- Lewis County (The home county of Turin)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turin, with the one closest to Turin listed first.
- Collinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Collinsville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Lyons Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Greig
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Constableville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Port Leyden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lyonsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Martinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
- Mohawk Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Michigan Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
- Watson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Watson is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turin, with the one closest to Turin listed first.
- Thendara
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Thendara is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
- Northwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Northwood is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
- Grant
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grant is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
- Russia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Russia is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russia
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turin, with the one closest to Turin listed first.
- Worth Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Worth Center is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth Center
- West Carthage
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Carthage is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carthage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
- Worth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Worth is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worth
- Carthage
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Rodman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Rodman is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rodman
- Lorraine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Herrings
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Herrings is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
- Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
- Natural Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Oneida County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turin, with the one closest to Turin listed first.
- Boonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Redmond Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
- Ava
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Woodgate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Point Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Point Rock is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Rock
- Frenchville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Frenchville is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
- Westernville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Remsen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brookfield is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Taberg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- East Floyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- East Floyd is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Floyd
- Leisure Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Leisure Village is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Village
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turin, with the one closest to Turin listed first.
- Redfield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Chateaugay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Chateaugay is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chateaugay
- Smartville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Smartville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smartville
- Kasoag
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kasoag is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kasoag
- Orwell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Altmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turin, see our County-by-County Page for Turin.
Cemeteries Near Turin ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turin.
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 Turin - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turin covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turin, with the one closest to Turin listed first.
- Collinsville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Turin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Wildwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sands Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Carpenter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Constableville.
- Contableville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contableville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Contableville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Constableville.
- The Contableville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Contableville Rural Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65888 <2>
- Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Collins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Leyden Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (139 more) ...
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brantingham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Turin had a population of 359 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Turin had a population of 226 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turin, with the one closest to Turin listed first.
- Collinsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Collinsville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Lyons Falls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Constableville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Locust Grove is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Port Leyden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greig
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonsdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Glendale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mohawk Hill is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Hill
- Brantingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Martinsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Boonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- West Martinsburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Martinsburg
- Bushes Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bushes Landing is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushes Landing
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turin. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turin.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Turin ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turin.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Turin. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Turin and those printed in the larger area surrounding Turin.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> of Turin.
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 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 Turin:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Lewis County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Herkimer County
- Jefferson County
- Oneida County
- Oswego 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 Turin, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Turin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |