A visit to the Shew Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Shew Cemetery ...
The Shew Cemetery is located in Schoharie County<1>.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
We've listed the following cemeteries alphabetically:
- Blenheim Hill Cemetery
- The Blenheim Hill Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blenheim Hill Cemetery
- Champlin Cemetery
- The Champlin Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Choate Cemetery
- The Choate Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choate Cemetery
- Clapper Cemetery
- The Clapper Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clapper Cemetery
- Cowley Cemetery
- The Cowley Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowley Cemetery
- Ellison Cemetery
- The Ellison Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellison Cemetery
- Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Gilboa Rural Cemetery
- The Gilboa Rural Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Grand Gorge Main Cemetery
- Hager Cemetery
- The Hager Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Holy Cross Cemetery
- The Holy Cross Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Knisker Cemetery
- The Knisker Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Kniskern Cemetery
- The Kniskern Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- The Kniskern Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kniskern Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Kniskern Cemetery is located between<2> the communities of Breakabeen and North Blenheim. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<3> to the north of North Blenheim.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65023 <4>
- Maynard Cemetery
- The Maynard Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Peck Cemetery
- The Peck Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Potter Hill Cemetery
- The Potter Hill Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Ruliffson Cemetery
- The Ruliffson Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Sacred Heart Cemetery
- The Sacred Heart Cemetery is located in Delaware County
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- Shafer Cemetery
- The Shafer Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Soule Cemetery
- The Soule Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- South Gilboa Cemetery
- The South Gilboa Cemetery is located in Schoharie County
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- Stamford Cemetery
- Welch's Corners Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Shew Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically:
- Bates
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
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- Beards Hollow
- Beards Hollow is located in Schoharie County
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- Breakabeen
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
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- Broome Center
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
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- Franklinton
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
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- Grand Gorge
- Greenbush
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
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- Harpersfield
- Hobart
- Jefferson
- Livingstonville
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
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- Manorkill
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
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- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Middleburgh
- North Blenheim
- North Kortright
- North Kortright is located in Delaware County
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- Potter Hollow
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
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- Preston - Potter Hollow
- Red Falls
- Red Falls is located in Greene County
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- Richmondville
- Roxbury
- Simpsonville
- Simpsonville is located in Delaware County
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- South Jefferson
- South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
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- South Kortright
- Stamford
- Summit
- Vintonton
- Vintonton is located in Schoharie County
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- West Conesville
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
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For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Shew Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Schoharie County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shew Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Grand Gorge
- Hobart
- Jefferson
- Middleburgh
- Richmondville
- Roxbury
- Stamford
Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Shew Cemetery:
- Pages specific to New York:
- Pages specific to Schoharie County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Shew Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #965103 (Shew Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #965103 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Schoharie
- Est. Elev: 433 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Stamford
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Schoharie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Breakabeen and North Blenheim. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Shew Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
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