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 Willseyville (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 Willseyville. 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 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.
Willseyville is located in Tioga 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 Tioga County: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins, Bradford (PA) & Susquehanna (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Willseyville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willseyville:
- Tioga County (The home county of Willseyville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Candor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Hamar Estates
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamar Estates is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamar Estates
- Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- West Newark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
- Weltonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Weltonville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weltonville
- Newark Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ketchumville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ketchumville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketchumville
- Gaskill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gaskill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaskill
- Hullsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Owego
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lockwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Broome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Maine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Maine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
- Manningville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Manningville is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manningville
- Glen Aubrey
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lisle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Killawog
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Whitney Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Endicott
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Endwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Vestal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Lisle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Upper Lisle is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Lisle
- West Chenango
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Chenango is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chenango
- Castle Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Castle Creek is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Creek
- New Ireland
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- New Ireland is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Summer Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- East Genoa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Locke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Atwaters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Dresserville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dresserville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresserville
- Montville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Montville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Moravia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sempronius
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sempronius is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sempronius
- Ledyard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Van Etten
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Erin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Owens Mills is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owens Mills
- Sullivanville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Chemung
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Millport
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Horseheads
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pine Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Elmira Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elmira
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wellsburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Southport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Southport is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
- Chenango County
- Smithville Flats
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cortland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Harford Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harford Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harford Mills
- Harford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lapeer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapeer
- Marathon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Munsons Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Munsons Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munsons Corners
- Cortland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- McGraw
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Homer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East River is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East River
- Solon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Solon is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solon
- Pratt Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- East Homer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Homer is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Homer
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Cayutaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Alpine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mecklenburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Catharine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Perry City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Odessa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bennettsburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Searsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Montour Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Burdett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Watkins Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- 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>
- Wedgewood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wedgewood is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wedgewood
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Interlaken
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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>
- Kidders
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- White Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Caroline Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Danby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- Besemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Slaterville Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Danby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- Varna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Varna is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varna
- East Ithaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- East Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ithaca
- Newfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Forest Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Ithaca
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- Yates County
- Glenora
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Bradford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Sayre
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Sayre is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,338 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <1>
- South Waverly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- South Waverly is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
- Athens
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vawter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Vawter is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vawter
- West Warren
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- West Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warren
- Bumpville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
- North Orwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- North Orwell is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell
- Warren Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Warren Center is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Center
- Potterville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Potterville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potterville
- South Warren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Warren is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Warren
- Bentley Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bentley Creek is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentley Creek
- Fassett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fassett is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fassett
- Middletown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middletown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Susquehanna County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Little Meadows
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Choconut is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconut
- Friendsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willseyville, see our County-by-County Page for Willseyville.
Cemeteries Near Willseyville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willseyville.
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 Willseyville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willseyville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- Smith Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lane Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Candor Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Danby Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Michael Handy Farm Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fisher Settlement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- West Candor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodbridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Central Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Blair Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Centre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (428 more) ...
- Danby Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- North Spencer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ferris Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Willseyville had a population of 562 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willseyville, with the one closest to Willseyville listed first.
- White Church
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- White Church is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Church
- Candor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Caroline Depot
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Caroline Depot is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Depot
- West Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- West Candor is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Candor
- Caroline Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Caroline Center is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline Center
- Speedsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Danby
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danby
- North Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Besemer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Besemer is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besemer
- Spencer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jenksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- Caroline
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Slaterville Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Danby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- West Danby is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Danby
- West Newark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Newark is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Newark
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willseyville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willseyville.
Newspapers Published in Willseyville ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willseyville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willseyville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Willseyville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Willseyville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Tioga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Broome County
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Chenango County
- Cortland County
- Schuyler County
- Seneca County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Bradford County
- Susquehanna 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Willseyville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Willseyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |