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 Unionville (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 Unionville. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Unionville 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 Unionville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Unionville:
- Saint Lawrence County (The home county of Unionville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Sisson
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson
- Norwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Potsdam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandfordville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
- West Stockholm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Stockholm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
- Slab City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Slab City is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Norfolk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coney Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coney Island is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Hannawa Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Parishville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
- Parishville Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
- Madrid Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Alburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
- Moira
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saint Regis Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East Dickinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
- Hogansburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brushton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Bombay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Bangor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- West Bangor is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
- Bangor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Skerry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Skerry is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Unionville, see our County-by-County Page for Unionville.
Cemeteries Near Unionville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Unionville.
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 Unionville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Unionville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ellis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Calvary Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bayside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Clark Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Potsdam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Potsdam.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65537 <2>
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Garfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Garfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Potsdam.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64617 <2>
- Parmeter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (156 more) ...
- South Potsdam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leet Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Visitation Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<4>
While we didn't find Unionville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Unionville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Unionville, with the one closest to Unionville listed first.
- Sisson
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson
- Norwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Potsdam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- West Potsdam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Potsdam is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Potsdam
- West Stockholm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- North Stockholm
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
- Norfolk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hannawa Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Parishville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
- Parishville Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
- Southville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Southville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southville
- Madrid
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Madrid Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
- Bucks Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bucks Bridge is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Bridge
- Stockholm Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stockholm Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Unionville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Unionville.
Newspapers Published in Unionville ...
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 Unionville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Unionville, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Unionville.
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 Unionville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saint Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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> | 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- Unionville) 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 Unionville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |