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 Bucks Bridge (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 Bucks Bridge. 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 Bucks Bridge ...
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 Bucks Bridge: Bucks Brg. (or less commonly used: Bucks Brdg. or Bucks Brdge.)
- While the name of this community is Bucks Bridge, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Bucks Bridge may originally have been Buck's Bridge.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Bucks Bridge might be written as Buck Bridge.
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 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.
Bucks Bridge is located in Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County: Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis.
Below are the counties that are near Bucks Bridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bucks Bridge:
- Saint Lawrence County (The home county of Bucks Bridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Bridge, with the one closest to Bucks Bridge listed first.
- Madrid Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
- Slab City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Slab City is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <2>
- Norwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sisson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson
- Lisbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Potsdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Drews Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Drews Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drews Corner
- Norfolk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Stockholm
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
- Coney Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coney Island is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Hannawa Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rensselaer Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Bucks Bridge, with the one closest to Bucks Bridge listed first.
- Alburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Alburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
- Moira
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Saint Regis Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hogansburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bucks Bridge, see our County-by-County Page for Bucks Bridge.
Cemeteries Near Bucks Bridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bucks Bridge.
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 Bucks Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bucks Bridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bucks Bridge, with the one closest to Bucks Bridge listed first.
- Doran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Madrid Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Olin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Potsdam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Haskell Ridge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Norton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (163 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- South Potsdam Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Bucks Bridge had a population of 40 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Bucks Bridge, with the one closest to Bucks Bridge listed first.
- Madrid Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
- Morley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Morley is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- West Potsdam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Potsdam is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Potsdam
- Madrid
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Canton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <2>
- Sisson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson
- Norwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Lisbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Crary Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Crary Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crary Mills
- Potsdam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Flackville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Flackville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flackville
- Norfolk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Chase Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Waddington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Rensselaer Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bucks Bridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bucks Bridge.
Newspapers Published in Bucks Bridge ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bucks Bridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bucks Bridge, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bucks Bridge.
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 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 Bucks Bridge:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saint Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 Bucks Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bucks Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |