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 Blue Store (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 Blue Store. 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.
Blue Store is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Blue Store. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Blue Store:
- Columbia County (The home county of Blue Store)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Burden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Glenco Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Elizaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Taghkanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Churchtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Taghkanic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hollowville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Silvernails
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Aquetuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Alcove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coeymans Hollow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coeymans
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Medusa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dormansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Selkirk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Cooksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Beckers Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Potter Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Upper Red Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Tivoli
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Cruger Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Red Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Ross
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Rock City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Milan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Pine Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinebeck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Rhinecliff
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Catskill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Kiskatom
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Athens
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Leeds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Palenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- South Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Platte Clove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Round Top
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Haines Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Coxsackie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Brainard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Malden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Glasco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Mount Marion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Ruby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Lake Katrine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Sawkill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sawkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
- Jockey Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jockey Hill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Daisy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Ore Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Salisbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Taconic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lakeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Lime Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Canaan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Canaan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Falls Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Mount Washington
(18 miles [29 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
(20 miles [32.2 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
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- South Egremont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Egremont Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- Alford
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Sheffield
(23 miles [37 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Great Barrington
(24 miles [38.6 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
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Housatonic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Rockdale Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Blue Store, see our County-by-County Page for Blue Store.
Cemeteries Near Blue Store ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Blue Store.
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 Blue Store - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Blue Store covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Clermont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Viewmont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Valley View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Germantown Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Elizaville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elizaville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elizaville.
- The Elizaville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coons Cemetery
- Elizaville UMC Cemetery
- Pleasantvale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #529874 <2>
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cheriot Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Buckley's Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Gardner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Blue Store had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Blue Store, with the one closest to Blue Store listed first.
- Clermont
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Manorton
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Manorton is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorton
- Nevis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Nevis is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevis
- Snyderville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Snyderville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyderville
- Livingston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Elizaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Linlithgo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Glenco Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- North Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cheviot
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cheviot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Tivoli
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Red Hook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- West Taghkanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Blue Store. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Store.
Newspapers Published in Blue Store ...
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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Store.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Blue Store, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Blue Store.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Blue Store:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer 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> | 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 Blue Store, 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- Blue Store) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |