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 Vukote (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 Vukote. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Vukote is located in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County: Cattaraugus, Erie, Erie (PA) & Warren (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Vukote. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vukote:
- Chautauqua County (The home county of Vukote)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vukote, with the one closest to Vukote listed first.
- Lakewood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Belleview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Ashville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenhurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Quigley Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quigley Park is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley Park
- Fluvanna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
- Phillips Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Phillips Mills is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Mills
- Celoron
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bemus Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bayview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bayview is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Jamestown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Busti
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Busti is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busti
- Cattaraugus County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vukote, with the one closest to Vukote listed first.
- Conewango
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Conewango is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conewango
- Onoville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Onoville is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onoville
- Randolph
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- East Randolph
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- East Randolph is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Randolph
- Estimated population in 2012: 615 people
- Leon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Axeville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Axeville is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axeville
- South Dayton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Elko ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Elko is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elko
- Elko has also been known as:
- Wolf Run
- Napoli
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Napoli is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoli
- Quaker Bridge ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
- Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
- Tunesassa
- Cold Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Cold Spring is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cottage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vukote, with the one closest to Vukote listed first.
- Spartansburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vrooman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Vrooman is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vrooman
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vukote, with the one closest to Vukote listed first.
- Corry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Elgin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Elgin is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elgin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Wattsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Freeport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Freeport is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Hornby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hornby is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- North East
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Arbuckle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Arbuckle is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbuckle
- Phillipsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Phillipsville is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsville
- Union City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vukote, with the one closest to Vukote listed first.
- Sugar Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bear Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lottsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lottsville is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottsville
- Putnamville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Putnamville is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnamville
- Columbus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Youngsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Irvine
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pittsfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Colza
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Colza is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colza
- Garland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- West Spring Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Spring Creek is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Spring Creek
- East Warren
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Warren is located in Warren County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Warren
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vukote, see our County-by-County Page for Vukote.
Cemeteries Near Vukote ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vukote.
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 Vukote - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vukote covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vukote, with the one closest to Vukote listed first.
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Gardner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wellman Road Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bentley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Blockville Union Burying Ground
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bemus Point Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Wild Rose Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knapp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hatch Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Wilcox Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (186 more) ...
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Open Meadows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Panama Union Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Vukote in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Vukote.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vukote, with the one closest to Vukote listed first.
- Ashville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Boomertown
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Boomertown is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomertown
- Lakewood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Driftwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Driftwood is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Belleview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Greenhurst
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Griffiths
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Griffiths is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffiths
- Colburns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Colburns is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colburns
- Blockville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blockville is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockville
- Phillips Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Phillips Mills is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillips Mills
- Fluvanna
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fluvanna is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fluvanna
- Bemus Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Stow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Watts Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Watts Flats is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts Flats
- Bayview
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bayview is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vukote. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vukote.
Newspapers Published in Vukote ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vukote.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vukote, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vukote.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Vukote:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Chautauqua County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cattaraugus County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Warren 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vukote) 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 Vukote, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |