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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 Beards Hollow (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 Beards Hollow. 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 Beards Hollow ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Beards Hollow: Beards Holw. (or less commonly used: Beards Hlw. or Beards Hllw.)
  • While the name of this community is Beards Hollow, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Beards Hollow may originally have been Beard's Hollow.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Beards Hollow might be written as Beard Hollow.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Beards Hollow is located in Schoharie 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 Schoharie County: Albany, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego & Schenectady.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Beards Hollow ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Beards Hollow.

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 Beards Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Richmondville Village Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richmondville Village Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richmondville Village Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rossman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rossman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rossman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Summit Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Summit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Summit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old Summit Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Summit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Summit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Richmondville Rural Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Holmes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holmes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holmes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fox - Cross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox - Cross Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox - Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Abbott Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abbott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abbott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fulton Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Shafer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shafer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shafer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Richmondville Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Richmondville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Richmondville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lutheranville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lutheranville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lutheranville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (499 more) ...
    • Shultas Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shultas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shultas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Warnerville Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warnerville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warnerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Baptist Church Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Baptist Church Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Beards Hollow had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Richmondville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Summit
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Vintonton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vintonton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vintonton
    • Vintonton is located in Schoharie County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Vintonton
    • From Beards Hollow to Vintonton
  • Warnerville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • West Richmondville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Richmondville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Richmondville
    • West Richmondville is located in Schoharie County
  • Eminence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eminence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eminence
    • Eminence is located in Schoharie County
  • West Fulton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Fulton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fulton
    • West Fulton is located in Schoharie County
  • Hyndsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyndsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndsville
    • Hyndsville is located in Schoharie County
  • Charlotteville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Charlotteville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotteville
    • Charlotteville is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlotteville <2>
  • Mineral Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cobleskill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • East Worcester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Worcester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Worcester
    • East Worcester is located in Otsego County
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Lawyersville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Seward
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Fultonham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fultonham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fultonham
      • Fultonham is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fultonham <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Beards Hollow ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Beards Hollow.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Beards Hollow, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Beards Hollow.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Beards Hollow:

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

The official website for Schoharie County: www.schohariecounty-ny.gov/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 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.
<5>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.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Beards Hollow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beards Hollow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6063, Longitude: -74.5553    
<7>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 Beards Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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