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 Ryot (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 Ryot. 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.
Ryot is located in Bedford County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bedford County: Allegany (MD), Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon & Somerset.
Below are the counties that are near Ryot. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ryot:
- Bedford County (The home county of Ryot)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Pleasantville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pleasantville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- New Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Osterburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Clairsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Schellsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pavia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Wolfsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wolfsburg is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfsburg
- Salemville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Salemville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemville
- Yount
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Yount is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yount
- King
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- King is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
- Manns Choice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cliffs ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cliffs is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cliffs
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Cotton Town
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cotton Town is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
- Claysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blue Knob
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Puzzletown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Puzzletown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puzzletown
- Roaring Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Brooks Mill is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks Mill
- East Sharpsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Sharpsburg is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Sharpsburg
- Martinsburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Newry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Clover Creek is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Creek
- Duncansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Keys
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Cambria County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Dunlo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dunlo is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlo
- Beaverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Beaverdale is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdale
- Salix
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Salix is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salix
- Scalp Level
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Scalp Level is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scalp Level
- Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
- Sidman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Puritan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Puritan is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan
- Geistown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Geistown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geistown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,242 people
- Ingleside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Saint Michael
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Michael is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Michael
- Portage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Hill is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
- Belmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belmont is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Valley-Hi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Valley-Hi is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley-Hi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
- Wells Tannery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Wells Tannery is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wells Tannery
- Akersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Akersville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akersville
- Crystal Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Spring is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Emmaville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Emmaville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmaville
- Laidig
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Laidig is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidig
- Waterfall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Sipes Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sipes Mill is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipes Mill
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Middletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Middletown is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
- Coalmont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Coalmont is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 98 people
- Dudley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dudley is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Broad Top City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Broad Top City is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broad Top City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Entriken
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Robertsdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Robertsdale is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertsdale
- Salter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Salter is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salter
- Cooks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cooks is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks
- Marklesburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marklesburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marklesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 194 people
- Joller ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Joller is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joller
- Kimmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Kimmel is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmel
- Rocky Ridge ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Rexis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rexis is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexis
- Wehrum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wehrum is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wehrum
- Armagh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dilltown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Ogletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ogletown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogletown
- Central City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Windber
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paint
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Buckstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckstown is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckstown
- Forward
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Forward is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forward
- New Baltimore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- New Baltimore is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Baltimore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Indian Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Lake is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 375 people
- Blough
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Blough is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blough
- Hooversville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hooversville is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooversville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Benson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Benson is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Hollsopple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Robb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- Seward
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Fairfield is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairfield
- Laughlintown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Laurel Mountain is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Mountain
- Population from the 2020 Census: 153 people
- Laurel Mountain has also been known as:
- Laurel Mountain Park
- Oak Grove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Ellerslie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Ellerslie is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellerslie
- Flintstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ryot, see our County-by-County Page for Ryot.
Cemeteries Near Ryot ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ryot.
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 Ryot - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ryot covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Friends Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fishertown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Schellsburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schellsburg Cemetery
- The Schellsburg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chestnut Ridge Cemetery
- Old Log Church Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1964953 <2>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bedford Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stiefler Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Burger Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Dunmyer Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Old Union Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Josephs Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Beaverdale.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171430 <2>
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Hetrick Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Sidman Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 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.<3>
While we didn't find Ryot in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ryot.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ryot, with the one closest to Ryot listed first.
- Spring Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Spring Meadow is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Meadow
- Alum Bank
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Paris
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Springhope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Springhope is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhope
- Fishertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lovely
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lovely is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Crumb
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Crumb is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crumb
- Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Point is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point
- Daley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Daley is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daley
- Helixville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Helixville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helixville
- Cessna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cessna is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cessna
- Osterburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Schellsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Clairsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Clairsville is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clairsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 75 people
- Napier
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Napier is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napier
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ryot. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ryot.
Newspapers Published in Ryot ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ryot.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ryot, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ryot.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Ryot:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Bedford County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Fulton County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland County
- Allegany County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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 Ryot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Ryot) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |