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 Willow Beach (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 Willow Beach. 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 Willow Beach ...
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 Willow Beach: Willow Bch.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Willow Beach. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Willow Beach.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Willow Beach is located in Ontario 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 Ontario County: Livingston, Monroe, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Willow Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willow Beach:
- Ontario County (The home county of Willow Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Canadice
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- West Canadice Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gulick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- Richmond Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Bristol Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Bristol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- Woodville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Naples
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Village of Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
- Holcomb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
- Centerfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Centerfield is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
- Allegany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Canaseraga
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Garwoods is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
- Swain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Swain is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
- Swain has also been known as:
- Swains Station
- Swainsville
- Swin
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
- Bishopville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Genesee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Limerock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Pavilion
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pavilion Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
- Le Roy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Springwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Websters Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Foots Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
- Livonia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
- Sleggs Landing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
- Lima
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lima is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
- East Groveland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- East Groveland is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
- Groveland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Dansville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kysorville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kysorville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kysorville
- West Sparta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- West Sparta is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Sparta
- Avon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Avon is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
- Monroe County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Honeoye Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Ford Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Moran Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
- Mendon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rush
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- West Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
- Manns Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- North Rush
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Rush is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
- West Henrietta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
- Henrietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Garbutt
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Scottsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fairport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Schuyler County
- Wayne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca County
- Border City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Wayland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Atlanta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cohocton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Prattsburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Haskinville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Haskinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
- Avoca
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- South Pulteney
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Catawba
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Arkport
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stephens Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Stephens Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens Mills
- Mitchellsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchellsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchellsville
- Urbana
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Macedon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
- Macedon Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
- Palmyra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marquart Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
- Huddle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huddle is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
- East Palmyra
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
- Newark
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Walworth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyoming County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Peoria
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Peoria is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
- Perry Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
- Perry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Covington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Covington is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
- Castile
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wyoming
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Vine Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Rushville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Italy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Italy is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
- Potter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Yatesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
- Benton Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Keuka Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Penn Yan
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bellona
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Seneca Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Barrington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Angus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Dresden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willow Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Willow Beach.
Cemeteries Near Willow Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willow Beach.
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 Willow Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willow Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Canadice Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pamely Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Doyle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tibbals Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Purcell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Canadice Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hunt Hollow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Allen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Short Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (453 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hemlock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Allens Hill 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.<2>
While we didn't find Willow Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Willow Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willow Beach, with the one closest to Willow Beach listed first.
- Canadice
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Canadice is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
- Honeoye
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gulick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gulick is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulick
- South Bristol
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- South Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bristol
- Bristol Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bristol Springs is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Springs
- Richmond Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
- Allens Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Allens Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Hill
- Bristol Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
- Conesus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Websters Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Springwater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vincent
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Vincent is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Bristol
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bristol is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
- South Livonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Livonia is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livonia
- Vine Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willow Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willow Beach.
Newspapers Published in Willow Beach ...
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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willow Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willow Beach, 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 Willow Beach.
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 Willow Beach:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ontario County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegany County
- Genesee County
- Livingston County
- Monroe County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Steuben County
- Wayne County
- Wyoming 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 Willow Beach, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willow Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |