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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 Bruynswick (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 Bruynswick. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Bruynswick is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Bruynswick ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bruynswick.

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

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

  • Bruynswick Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bruynswick Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bruynswick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mulford Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mulford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mulford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New Hurley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Hurley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New Hurley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Saint Charles Borromeo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Dubois Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dubois Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dubois Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Howell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howell Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Modena Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Modena Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Modena Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crawford Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crawford Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crawford Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wallkill Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wallkill Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wallkill Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brick Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brick Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brick Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brick Reformed Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (220 more) ...
    • Plattekill Friends Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plattekill Friends Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plattekill Friends Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Plattekill Valley Community Grounds
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Plattekill Valley Community Grounds
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Plattekill Valley Community Grounds have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • East Plattekill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Plattekill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Plattekill 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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bruynswick had a population of 58 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Rutsonville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Dwaarkill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Wallkill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Hurley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Gardiner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardiner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
    • Gardiner is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gardiner <3>
  • Pine Bush
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Forest Glen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
    • Forest Glen is located in Ulster County
  • Crawford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crawford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
    • Crawford is located in Ulster County
  • Ulsterville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Van Keuren
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Keuren have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Keuren
    • Van Keuren is located in Orange County
  • Saint Elmo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Elmo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
    • Saint Elmo is located in Ulster County
  • Sylva
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Bruynswick ...

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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bruynswick.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bruynswick, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bruynswick.

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 helpful 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 Bruynswick:

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

The official website for Ulster County: www.co.ulster.ny.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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 from Point A (ie- Bruynswick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bruynswick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6575, Longitude: -74.2263    
<6>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.
<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 Bruynswick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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