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 Braytonville (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 Braytonville. 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.
Braytonville is located in Berkshire County .
To see how the shape of Massachusetts' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Berkshire County : Litchfield (CT) , Franklin , Hampden , Hampshire , Columbia (NY) , Rensselaer (NY) & Bennington (VT) .
Below are the counties that are near Braytonville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Braytonville:
Berkshire County (The home county of Braytonville)
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
North Adams (Less than 2 miles to the east)
North Adams is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
Greylock (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock Briggsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville Zylonite (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Williamstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Williamstown is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
Renfrew (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew Adams (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Adams is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
Florida (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Florida is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
Arnoldville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Arnoldville is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldville Drury (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Drury is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drury Savoy Center (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Savoy Center is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savoy Center New Ashford (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
New Ashford is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
Franklin County
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
Monroe (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
Monroe is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
Monroe Bridge (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Monroe Bridge is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Bridge Rowe (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Rowe is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowe Population from the 2020 Census: 389 people
Charlemont (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Charlemont is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlemont Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
Dell (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Dell is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell Heath (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Heath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
North Heath (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
North Heath is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heath Hawley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
West Hawley (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
West Hawley is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley Buckland (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Buckland is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckland Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
Foundry Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Foundry Village is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundry Village Shattuckville (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Shattuckville is located in Franklin County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shattuckville Hampden County
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
North Chester (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
North Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chester Chester (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Chester is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
Chester Center (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Chester Center is located in Hampden County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Center Hampshire County
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
Plainfield (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Plainfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
Cummington (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Cummington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummington Population from the 2020 Census: 873 people
Swift River (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Swift River is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift River Worthington Corners (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Worthington Corners is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Corners Worthington (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
Worthington is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
Middlefield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Middlefield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
Goshen (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
Goshen is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
West Chesterfield (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
West Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chesterfield Chesterfield (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Chesterfield is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
Williamsburg (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Williamsburg is located in Hampshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg Population from the 2020 Census: 2,462 people
Albany County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
Green Island (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Cohoes (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Watervliet (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
Watervliet is located in Albany County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
Former names for Watervliet:
Gibbonsville Port Schuyler West Troy Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
Menands (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
Columbia County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
New Britain ‑ Historic(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
New Britain is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain Canaan (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Riders Mills (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Riders Mills is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills Canaan Center (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
Canaan Center is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center New Concord (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
New Concord is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord North Chatham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
North Chatham is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham Red Rock (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Red Rock is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock Rock City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Rock City is located in Columbia County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City Rensselaer County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
Berlin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin Center Berlin (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
Center Berlin is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Berlin Petersburg Junction (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Petersburg Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg Junction Hoosick (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
Potter Hill (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
Potter Hill is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hill Stephentown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
Grafton (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Hoosick Falls (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
Wyomanock (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock Walloomsac (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
Walloomsac is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walloomsac Boyntonville (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville Hoosick Junction (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
Hoosick Junction is located in Rensselaer County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosick Junction Saratoga County (NY)
Waterford (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
Washington County (NY)
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
White Creek (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Center White Creek (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
Center White Creek is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek Cambridge (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
Center Cambridge (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Center Cambridge is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge Anaquassacook (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Anaquassacook is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook Coila (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
Coila is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila Crandall Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Crandall Corners is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners Fly Summit (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
Fly Summit is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit Archdale (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
Archdale is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale North Easton (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
North Easton is located in Washington County (NY) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton Bennington County (VT)
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
Stamford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Stamford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
Stamford is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
Pownal (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
Pownal Center (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center Readsboro (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Readsboro is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readsboro Population from the 2020 Census: 720 people
Readsboro (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
Bennington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Woodford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Woodford is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
Woodford (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
Bennington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
Old Bennington (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
Woodford Hollow (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow Windham County (VT)
The following are listed by their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
Whitingham (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Whitingham is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitingham Population from the 2020 Census: 1,271 people
Jacksonville (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Whitingham (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Wilmington (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
Wilmington (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Wilmington is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington Population from the 2020 Census: 1,786 people
West Halifax (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Halifax (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Halifax is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
Halifax (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
Halifax is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halifax Somerset (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
Somerset is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
West Dover (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
West Dover is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Dover Dover (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Dover is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover Population from the 2020 Census: 1,057 people
Marlboro (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
Marlboro is located in Windham County (VT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlboro Population from the 2020 Census: 1,033 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Braytonville, see our County-by-County Page for Braytonville .
Cemeteries Near Braytonville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Braytonville.
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 Braytonville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Braytonville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
Hillside Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Advent Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Gates Ave. Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Southview Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
St. Josephs Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Beth Israel Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
Clark Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Blackinton Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Williams College Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Eastlawn Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Maple Street Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Abbott Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Continue List (408 more) ...
School Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Clarksburg Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Houghton Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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 Braytonville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Braytonville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Braytonville, with the one closest to Braytonville listed first.
North Adams (Less than 2 miles to the east)
North Adams is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
Blackinton (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Blackinton is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackinton Greylock (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Greylock is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock Briggsville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Briggsville is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville Zylonite (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Zylonite is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite Williamstown (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Williamstown is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
Sweets Corner (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
Sweets Corner is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Corner Renfrew (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Renfrew is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew Maple Grove (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Maple Grove is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove Adams (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Adams is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
Stamford (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
South Williamstown (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
South Williamstown is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Williamstown Continue List (14 more) ...
Florida (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Florida is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida Population from the 2020 Census: 711 people
Hoosac Tunnel (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Hoosac Tunnel is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosac Tunnel Cheshire Harbor (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Cheshire Harbor is located in Berkshire County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire Harbor
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Braytonville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Braytonville .
Newspapers Published in Braytonville ...
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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Braytonville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Braytonville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5> Extended Newspaper List for Braytonville.
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 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 Braytonville:
Websites specific to Massachusetts Pages specific to Berkshire County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Franklin County Hampden County Hampshire County Albany County Columbia County Rensselaer County Saratoga County Washington County Bennington County Windham County Cemetery Information and Directories for Massachusetts Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Braytonville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.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. The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System ). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net . 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 . 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 Braytonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. 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 from Point A (ie- Braytonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.