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 Braeside (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 Braeside. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Braeside is located in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County: Berkshire (MA), Albany, Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Washington & Bennington (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Braeside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Braeside:
- Rensselaer County (The home county of Braeside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Nassau
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Schodack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schodack Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Sliters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- East Nassau
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Hoag Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Luther
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Brainard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- East Greenbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Averill Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Glenmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Coeymans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beckers Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Normansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Ravena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Delmar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Menands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aquetuck
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- South Bethlehem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- North Chatham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Riders Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Niverville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Rock City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Valatie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- Kinderhook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Canaan Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Coxsackie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Surprise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leeds
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Norton Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catskill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- South Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Waterford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Clifton Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mechanicville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Elnora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Coons
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Country Knolls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Stillwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Jonesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Niskayuna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Rotterdam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schenectady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alplaus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Glenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Scotia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Stoodley Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Duane Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Duanesburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Rynex Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Washington County
- Crandall Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Hancock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- Shaker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Stevens Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- West Stockbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Lanesborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lanesborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,925 people
- New Ashford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Pittsfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
- Lenox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
- Rockdale Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Berkshire
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Berkshire is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Coltsville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Coltsville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltsville
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Pownal Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Pownal
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Braeside, see our County-by-County Page for Braeside.
Cemeteries Near Braeside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Braeside.
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 Braeside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Braeside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Nassau - Schodack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau - Schodack Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nassau - Schodack Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the southwest of Nassau.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65404 <3>
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clarks Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- North Chatham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Tucker Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Larkin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Valatie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rensselaer Rural Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nicoll - Sill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicoll - Sill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nicoll - Sill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Selkirk.
- The Nicoll - Sill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nicoll - Sill Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2452555 <3>
- Continue List (443 more) ...
- Mull Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Albany Muslim Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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.<4>
While we didn't find Braeside in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Braeside.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Braeside, with the one closest to Braeside listed first.
- Nassau
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- East Schodack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schodack Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Malden Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Riders Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- North Nassau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Nassau
- Sliters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- South Schodack
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Brainard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Luther
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- East Nassau
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hoag Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Rayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rayville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayville
- Muitzes Kill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Muitzes Kill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muitzes Kill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Braeside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Braeside.
Newspapers Published in Braeside ...
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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Braeside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Braeside, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Braeside.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Braeside:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Rensselaer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Washington County
- Berkshire County
- Bennington 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> | 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- Braeside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Braeside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |