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 Valois (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 Valois. 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 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.
Valois is located in Schuyler 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 Schuyler County: Chemung, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Valois. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Valois:
- Schuyler County (The home county of Valois)
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Hector
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Searsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Reading Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- North Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Burdett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Perry City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Watkins Glen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Mecklenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Montour Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Atwaters
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Aurora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Poplar Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Sherwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Union Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Locke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cross Roads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cross Roads is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Cascade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Millport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Sullivanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Horseheads
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Erin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Flats
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Elmira Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Elmira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Billsboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Flint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Dobbins Corner
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Seneca Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Woodville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Melvin Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Cottage City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Naples
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Hopewell Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell Center
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Ovid
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Willard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Romulus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Border City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Seneca Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Keuka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- South Pulteney
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Bradford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Urbana
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Prattsburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Hornby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Pleasant Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Hermitage
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hermitage is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Mitchellsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- North Spencer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Trumansburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Taughannock Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Lake Ridge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Willow Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Newfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Ithaca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Lansing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- South Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Glenora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Barrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Seneca Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Dresden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Keuka Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Penn Yan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Angus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Benton Center
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Bellona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Potter
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Valois, see our County-by-County Page for Valois.
Cemeteries Near Valois ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Valois.
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 Valois - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Valois covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Valois Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Starkey Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lakemont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Stream Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cronk Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Townsendville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Lodi Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (436 more) ...
- Raplee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grove Mt. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Old Reading 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.<2>
While we didn't find Valois in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Valois.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Valois, with the one closest to Valois listed first.
- Hector
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Starkey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Starkey is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
- Glenora
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Lodi Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Rock Stream
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- East Steamburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Steamburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steamburg
- Townsendville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
- Himrod
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Reading
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Reading Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Reynoldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Searsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Valois. See our List of 1890's Communities around Valois.
Newspapers Published in Valois ...
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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Valois.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Valois, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Valois.
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 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 Valois:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schuyler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Ontario County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins 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 Valois, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Valois) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |