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 Church Corners (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 Church Corners. 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 Church Corners ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Church Corners: Church Cors.
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 southwest 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 south.
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 south 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.
Church Corners 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 Church Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Church Corners:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Church Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Tribes Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fort Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Auriesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fonda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fultonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hagaman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cranesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Randall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Knox
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Berne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Guilderland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Lisha Kill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Meadowdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- East Berne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Colonie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Voorheesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Progress
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Berkshire
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Perth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Gloversville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Broadalbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meco
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Sammonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Mayfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Jackson Summit
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- North Broadalbin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Benson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Arietta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Fort Plain
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Dolgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Salisbury Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Little Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Deck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Center Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Cherry Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Roseboom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Pleasant Brook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Springfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Hagedorns Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Galway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Charlton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Mosherville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Birchton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Charlton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Harmony Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Batchellerville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
- Edinburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rock City Falls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Burnt Hills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Glenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Braman Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Mariaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rotterdam Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Delanson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Duanesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Duane Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Esperance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Argusville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Central Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Howes Cave
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Gallupville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Schoharie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sharon Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Lawyersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Leesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Cobleskill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Church Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Church Corners.
Cemeteries Near Church Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Church Corners.
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 Church Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Church Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kline Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Caughnawaga Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Ave. Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Anthonys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- St. Patricks Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Van Epps - Starin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Church Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Church Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Church Corners, with the one closest to Church Corners listed first.
- Tribes Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fort Hunter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Auriesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fonda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Gloversville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Perth
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kingsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingsboro is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Minaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Minaville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Broadalbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Church Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Church Corners.
Newspapers Published in Church Corners ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Church Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Church Corners, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Church Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Church Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Church Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Church Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |