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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 Bedford - Stuyvesant (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 Bedford - Stuyvesant. 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.

Cemeteries Near Bedford - Stuyvesant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bedford - Stuyvesant.

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 Bedford - Stuyvesant covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bedford - Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Bedford - Stuyvesant listed first.

  • Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Quaker Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quaker Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quaker Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • The Evergreens Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Evergreens Cemetery
    • The Evergreens Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cemetery of the Evergreens
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trinity Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Most Holy Trinity Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Most Holy Trinity Cemetery
    • The Most Holy Trinity Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Henicke Cemetery
    • Holy Trinity Cemetery
  • Mt. Judah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Union Field Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Knollwood Park Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knollwood Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knollwood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Knollwood Park Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knollwood Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knollwood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Machpelah Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
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    • Union Field Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Field Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Beth El Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beth El Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth El Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Ridgewood.
      • The Beth El Cemetery has also been known as:
      • New Union Fields Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65419 <1>
    • New Union Field Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Union Field Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Union Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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.<4>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bedford - Stuyvesant, with the one closest to Bedford - Stuyvesant listed first.

  • Brooklyn
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Bushwick
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick
    • Bushwick is located in Kings County
  • Flatbush
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flatbush have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
    • Flatbush is located in Kings County
  • Greenpoint
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
    • Greenpoint is located in Kings County
  • Williamsburg
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Williamsburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Williamsburg is located in Kings County
  • City Line
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Line have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Line
    • City Line is located in Kings County
  • Ridgewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fresh Pond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
    • Fresh Pond is located in Queens County
  • Parkville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
    • Parkville is located in Kings County
  • Canarsie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie
    • Canarsie is located in Kings County
  • East New York
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East New York have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East New York
    • East New York is located in Kings County
  • Glendale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Glendale is located in Queens County
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    • Middle Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maspeth
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Blissville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blissville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissville
      • Blissville is located in Queens County

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

Newspapers Published in Bedford - Stuyvesant ...

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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bedford - Stuyvesant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bedford - Stuyvesant, there are papers which were published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bedford - Stuyvesant.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Bedford - Stuyvesant:

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bedford - Stuyvesant) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bedford - Stuyvesant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6834, Longitude: -73.9412       In this case, the coordinates for Bedford - Stuyvesant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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 Bedford - Stuyvesant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.




 

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