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 Alsen (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 Alsen. 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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Alsen is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Alsen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alsen:
- Greene County (The home county of Alsen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- Kiskatom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Catskill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Palenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Leeds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- South Cairo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Platte Clove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Athens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Round Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Haines Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cairo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tannersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- South Westerlo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Alcove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Coeymans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Medusa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dormansville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Cooksburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Potter Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Westerlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- North Germantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Germantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Burden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Glenco Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Greenport Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elizaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Churchtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- West Taghkanic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Lorenz Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Hollowville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Taghkanic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Stottville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- Tivoli
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rock City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Jackson Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Mount Ross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Rhinebeck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Milan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Rhinecliff
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Pine Plains
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- Bates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Manorkill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Livingstonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- West Conesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Broome Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- Malden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Quarryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glasco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- High Woods
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Mount Marion Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Ruby
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Lake Katrine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sweet Meadows
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Meadows is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Meadows
- Zena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Jockey Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jockey Hill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- Taconic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lakeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Twin Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Salisbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Lime Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- Mount Washington
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Egremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- North Egremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Egremont Plain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Alford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Great Barrington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Van Deusenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Housatonic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Rockdale Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Sheffield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Ashley Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Glendale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alsen, see our County-by-County Page for Alsen.
Cemeteries Near Alsen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alsen.
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 Alsen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Alsen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- Gardner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cheriot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Valley View Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Germantown Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Viewmont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- DuBois Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Joseph Sax Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Sax Cemetery
- The Joseph Sax Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Family Cemetery
- Shoub Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- Catskill Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Alsen in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Alsen.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alsen, with the one closest to Alsen listed first.
- West Camp
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cheviot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cheviot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
- Germantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- North Germantown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Linlithgo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Kiskatom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Saxton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Saxton is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Quarryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Katsbaan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Katsbaan is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katsbaan
- Malden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Burden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Catskill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Saugerties
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Greendale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Lawrenceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lawrenceville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrenceville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alsen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alsen.
Newspapers Published in Alsen ...
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 120 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alsen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alsen, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alsen.
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 Alsen:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire 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 Alsen, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alsen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |