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 Venice Center (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 Venice Center. 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 Venice Center ...
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 Venice Center: Venice Ctr. (or less commonly used: Venice Cen., Venice Cent. or Venice Cntr.)
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 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.
Venice Center 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 Venice Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Venice Center:
- Cayuga County (The home county of Venice Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Sherwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Poplar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Scipioville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Ledyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Black Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- East Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Montville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Omro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willets
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Scott
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Homer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Little York
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Preble
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Munsons Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Slab City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Cortland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- East River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- East Homer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- McGraw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Mandana
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mandana is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandana
- Spafford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Skaneateles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
- Amber
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Rose Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Otisco Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Mottville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Otisco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Marcellus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Assembly Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Elbridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Halfway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Billsboro
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Dobbins Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- West Junius
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Hall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Thompson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Thompson is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
- Melvin Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Phelps
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Flint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Gorham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Seneca Castle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Searsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Perry City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mecklenburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Logan
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Hector
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Cayutaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Bennettsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reading Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Watkins Glen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Alpine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montour Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Kidders
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- East Varick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Interlaken
(11 miles [17.7 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>
- Canoga
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Kuneytown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Ovid
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Romulus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Seneca Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Willard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Waterloo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Tyre is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyre
- Border City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Lake Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- North Lansing
(9 miles [14.5 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 southeast)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- East Lansing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Myers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Taughannock Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Trumansburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Groton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jacksonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Groton City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Peruville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Lansing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Clyde
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Butler
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- 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 Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Dresden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Angus
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Himrod
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bellona
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Glenora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Benton Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Penn Yan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Dundee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Keuka Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Yatesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Venice Center, see our County-by-County Page for Venice Center.
Cemeteries Near Venice Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Venice Center.
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 Venice Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Venice Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Venice Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Bolts Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stewart Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gould - Akin Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Scipio Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rathbun & Chase Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mosher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Tuppers Corners Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Humphrey Howland Burial
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fordyce Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (477 more) ...
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Bernard's Old Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sherwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Venice Center had a population of 155 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Venice Center, with the one closest to Venice Center listed first.
- Merrifield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Merrifield is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrifield
- Poplar Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ledyard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- East Venice
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Venice is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Venice
- Cascade
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Ensenore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ensenore is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenore
- Scipioville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Genoa
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Genoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Austin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Willets
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Mapleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mapleton is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Moravia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Omro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Venice Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Venice Center.
Newspapers Published in Venice Center ...
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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Venice Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Venice Center, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Venice Center.
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 helpful 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 Venice Center:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Cayuga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cortland 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 Venice Center, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Venice Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |