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 Catskill (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 Catskill. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Catskill is located in Greene County and is the County Seat.
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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Catskill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Catskill:
- Greene County (The home county of Catskill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Jefferson Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Leeds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kiskatom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Cairo Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- South Cairo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Cairo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Palenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Round Top
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coxsackie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Gayhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Woodstock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Alcove
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coeymans
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Dormansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Medusa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Selkirk
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cooksburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Westerlo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Hudson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Greenport Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lorenz Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Churchtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Glenco Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Hollowville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Stottville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Taghkanic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Mellenville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Tivoli
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Cruger Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Jackson Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Red Hook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Ross
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Rock City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Milan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Rhinebeck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinecliff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Brainard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Schodack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenbush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- East Nassau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Couse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Luther
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Hoag Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Bates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Manorkill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Livingstonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Broome Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Franklinton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- West Conesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Malden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Quarryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Glasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Daisy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Ruby
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Katrine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sawkill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sawkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
- Sweet Meadows
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Meadows is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Meadows
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Taconic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lakeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Wangum Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Amesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Canaan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- North Canaan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Mount Washington
(21 miles [33.8 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
- North Egremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Egremont
(22 miles [35.4 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
- Alford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Egremont Plain
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Great Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 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
- Housatonic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Rockdale Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Van Deusenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- West Stockbridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Glendale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Catskill, see our County-by-County Page for Catskill.
Cemeteries Near Catskill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Catskill.
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 Catskill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Catskill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- DuBois Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Catskill Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jefferson Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Buckley's Corner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Leeds Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gardner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (323 more) ...
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Athens Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown Reformed 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Catskill had a population of 4,920 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Catskill had a population of 3,815 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Catskill, with the one closest to Catskill listed first.
- Greendale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Greendale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Linlithgo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Leeds
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- North Germantown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Hudson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Athens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Humphreysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Humphreysville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreysville
- Greenport Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- West Athens
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- West Athens is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Athens
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Cairo Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Cheviot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cheviot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
- Livingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Catskill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Catskill.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Catskill ...
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 154 newspapers that have been published in the area around Catskill.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Catskill. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Catskill and those printed in the larger area surrounding Catskill.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3> of Catskill.
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 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 Catskill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie 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> | 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 Catskill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Catskill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |