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 Browns 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 Browns 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 Browns 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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Browns Hollow: Browns Holw. (or less commonly used: Browns Hlw. or Browns Hllw.)
- While the name of this community is Browns Hollow, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Browns Hollow may originally have been Brown's Hollow.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Browns Hollow might be written as Brown 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Browns Hollow is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Fulton, Herkimer, Otsego, Schenectady & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Browns Hollow. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Browns Hollow:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Browns Hollow)
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Lykers
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Flat Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Ames
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Randall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Canajoharie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palatine Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Buel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Sprout Brook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Nelliston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fultonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burtonsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Fonda
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Auriesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Knox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- East Berne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- South Berne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
- Rensselaerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Meadowdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Preston Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reidsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reidsville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
- Hartmans Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Cooksburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Simpsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Simpsonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Harpersfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Stamford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Kortright
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- North Kortright is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kortright
- Grand Gorge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Ephratah
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Sammonsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Johnstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Garoga
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Lassellsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Rockwood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Meco
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Berkshire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Progress
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Crum Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
- Perth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Middle Sprite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Middle Sprite is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Sprite
- Hamilton County
- Arietta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Fort Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Deck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Paines Hollow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Cullen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Dolgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edicks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- Little Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- South Columbia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- South Columbia is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Columbia
- East Herkimer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Herkimer is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Herkimer
- Salisbury Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Center Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- South Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Cherry Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Calcutta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Pleasant Brook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Roseboom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Decatur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Middle Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Middlefield Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Middlefield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Center
- Springfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Middlefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Westford
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- West Charlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Hagedorns Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Charlton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Galway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Birchton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Mosherville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Braman Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Delanson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mariaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Duanesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Mariaville Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Duane Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Pattersonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Princetown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Rynex Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Rotterdam Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Glenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rotterdam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Argusville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Sharon Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lawyersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Janesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Seward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Leesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Cobleskill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Warnerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Central Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howes Cave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Greenbush
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Esperance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Browns Hollow, see our County-by-County Page for Browns Hollow.
Cemeteries Near Browns Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Browns 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.
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 Browns Hollow - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Browns Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Lykers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Argusville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Argusville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ball Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellinger Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haight Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Olmstead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mapletown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flanders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Slate Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (513 more) ...
- Currytown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Rhinebeck Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lawyer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Browns Hollow in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Browns Hollow.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Browns Hollow, with the one closest to Browns Hollow listed first.
- Argusville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Lykers
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Flat Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Sharon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sharon is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sharon Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Center
- Carlisle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rural Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Grove
- Currytown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Currytown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Sharon Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Charleston Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sprakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Ames
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Carlisle Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Center
- Marshville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marshville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshville
- Seward
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Browns Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Browns Hollow.
Newspapers Published in Browns 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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Browns Hollow.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Browns Hollow, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Browns 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 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 Browns Hollow:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Delaware County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
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> | 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 Browns Hollow, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Browns Hollow) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |