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 Vesper (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 Vesper. 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.
Vesper is located in Onondaga 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 Onondaga County: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison & Oswego.
Below are the counties that are near Vesper. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vesper:
- Onondaga County (The home county of Vesper)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- Otisco Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- Tully
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Otisco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Assembly Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Assembly Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assembly Park
- Spafford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Cardiff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Apulia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- LaFayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
- Berwyn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berwyn is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
- Amber
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Amber is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amber
- Indian Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Village is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Fabius
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Broome County
- Killawog
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- New Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Sempronius
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Kelloggsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Dresserville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Niles
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Niles is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niles
- Omro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Omro is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omro
- Montville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Austin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Austin is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Cascade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Locke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chenango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- Pitcher
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Otselic Center is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic Center
- South Otselic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Otselic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Otselic is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otselic
- Beaver Meadow
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Meadow
- Kirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kirk is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- Cummings Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cummings Crossing is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Crossing
- Preble
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- East Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- Slab City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Little York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Pratt Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Truxton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- East River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Crains Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crains Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crains Mills
- Homer
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- DeRuyter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- DeRuyter is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
- Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
- Puckerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Union
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- New Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- New Woodstock is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Woodstock
- Rippleton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rippleton is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rippleton
- Cazenovia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bingley is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingley
- Chittenango Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chittenango Falls is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chittenango Falls
- Sulphur Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs has also been known as:
- Chittenango Springs
- Bolivar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bolivar is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolivar
- Chittenango
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sullivan is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivan
- Oswego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- Phoenix
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hinmansville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hinmansville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinmansville
- Sand Ridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- Kidders
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Canoga
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- East Varick
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Interlaken
(30 miles [48.3 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>
- Kuneytown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- Groton City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Groton City is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton City
- Groton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- McLean
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Groton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- West Groton is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Groton
- Peruville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- North Lansing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Freeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Lansing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Dryden
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lake Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Myers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Lansing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vesper, see our County-by-County Page for Vesper.
Cemeteries Near Vesper ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vesper.
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 Vesper - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vesper covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- Vesper Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Otisco Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Spafford Hollow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Bromley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Spafford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cold Brook Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Farr Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tully Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully Cemetery
- The Tully Cemetery has also been known as:
- Tully United Community Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #534136 <3>
- Christian Hollow Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- The West Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Brook Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (471 more) ...
- St. Leo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meeker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
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 Vesper in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vesper.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vesper, with the one closest to Vesper listed first.
- Otisco Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Otisco Valley is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco Valley
- South Spafford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spafford
- Tully Lake Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Tully Lake Park is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tully Lake Park
- Tully
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Otisco
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Otisco is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otisco
- Spafford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spafford is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spafford
- Preble
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Apulia Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cardiff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cardiff is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Glen Haven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott
- East Scott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Scott is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Scott
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Apulia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Apulia is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apulia
- Collingwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Collingwood is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingwood
- LaFayette
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- LaFayette is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFayette
- LaFayette has also been known as:
- LaFayette Square
- Te-Ka-Wis-To-Ta
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFayette <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vesper. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vesper.
Newspapers Published in Vesper ...
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 152 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vesper.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vesper, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vesper.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Vesper:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Onondaga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Madison County
- Oswego County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins 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> | 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- Vesper) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Vesper, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |