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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 Yellow Mills (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 Yellow Mills. 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 Yellow Mills ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Yellow Mills: Yellow Mls. (or less commonly used: Yellow Mlls.)

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 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.

Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wayne County: Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario & Seneca.

Below are the counties that are near Yellow Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yellow Mills:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yellow Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Yellow Mills.

Cemeteries Near Yellow Mills ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yellow Mills.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yellow Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yellow Mills, with the one closest to Yellow Mills listed first.

  • St. Anne's RC Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Palmyra Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Swift Burying Ground
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Swift Burying Ground
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Swift Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Langdon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Langdon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Langdon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lemuel Durfee Burying Ground
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lemuel Durfee Burying Ground
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lemuel Durfee Burying Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Patricks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Patricks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • North Farmington Friends Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Farmington Friends Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Farmington Friends Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Coopers Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coopers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coopers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Macedon Village Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Macedon Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Macedon Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Salem Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salem Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salem Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Galloway Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galloway Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Galloway Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Macedon Center Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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    • Walworth Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walworth Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walworth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Port Gibson Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Port Gibson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Port Gibson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • East Palmyra Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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.<5>

While we didn't find Yellow Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yellow Mills.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Yellow Mills, with the one closest to Yellow Mills listed first.

  • Palmyra
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Walworth Station
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walworth Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walworth Station
    • Walworth Station is located in Wayne County
  • Macedon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macedon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
    • Macedon is located in Wayne County
    • Estimated population in 2017: 1,462 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macedon <1>
  • Macedon Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Gibson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • East Palmyra
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Walworth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Farmington
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
    • Farmington is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmington <1>
  • Manchester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Marion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Shortsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Manchester Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manchester Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Center
    • Manchester Center is located in Ontario County
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    • West Walworth
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Walworth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Walworth
      • West Walworth is located in Wayne County
    • Egypt
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
      • Egypt is located in Monroe County
    • Mertensia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mertensia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mertensia
      • Mertensia is located in Ontario County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yellow Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yellow Mills.

Newspapers Published in Yellow Mills ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yellow Mills.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yellow Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yellow Mills.

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 websites either 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 Yellow Mills:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yellow Mills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Wayne County: www.co.wayne.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Yellow Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yellow Mills) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yellow Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0608, Longitude: -77.2568    









 

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