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 Dunnsville (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 Dunnsville. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Dunnsville is located in Albany 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 Albany County: Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Dunnsville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Dunnsville:
- Albany County (The home county of Dunnsville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Fullers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Altamont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Guilderland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Knox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Voorheesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Salem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Westmere
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Colonie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Berne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- North Chatham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Niverville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kinderhook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Valatie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Perth
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Mills Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Broadalbin
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Johnstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Progress
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- North Broadalbin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Berkshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sammonsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Mayfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Greenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Norton Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Oak Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Medway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Surprise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cornwallville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Gayhead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Coxsackie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Woodstock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Cranesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Amsterdam
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Hagaman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Wallins Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Fort Johnson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Auriesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tribes Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Fultonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Fonda
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Rensselaer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Manor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Defreestville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Lansingburgh
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Troy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Couse
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Albia
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Pleasantdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Sycaway
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Wyantskill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
- East Greenbush
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Groom Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Halfmoon Beach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Charlton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Burnt Hills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- West Charlton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Clifton Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Harmony Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Ballston Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Country Knolls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Halfmoon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Rotterdam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Princetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Duane Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Scotia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Schenectady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rynex Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Duanesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Niskayuna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mariaville Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Delanson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alplaus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Gallupville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Esperance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Central Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Schoharie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Middleburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Howes Cave
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Franklinton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Livingstonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Greenbush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Mineral Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Bates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Cobleskill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Dunnsville, see our County-by-County Page for Dunnsville.
Cemeteries Near Dunnsville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dunnsville.
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 Dunnsville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Dunnsville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Vanderpool Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lainhart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pangburn-Wemple Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Princetown Reform Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown Reform Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Princetown Reform Church Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Duanesburg.
- The Princetown Reform Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Princetown Church Cemetery
- Princetown Evangelical Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Princetown Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2183679 <3>
- Westfall Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Severson Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severson Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Severson Family Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Altamont.
- The Severson Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Severson Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66272 <3>
- Fairview Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the east of Altamont.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64494 <3>
- Guilderland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Schenectady Memorial Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- High Point Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Van Aernam Family Cemetery
- The Van Aernam Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Aernam Family Cemetery
- The Van Aernam Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Van Aernam Burial Ground Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2372141 <3>
- Fisher Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fisher Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Rotterdam.
- The Fisher Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rotterdam UMC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64539 <3>
- Continue List (539 more) ...
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- St.s Cyril and Method Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St.s Cyril and Method Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St.s Cyril and Method Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Rotterdam.
- The St.s Cyril and Method Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Cyril Cemetery
- South Schenectady Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65950 <3>
- Ferguson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Dunnsville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Dunnsville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Dunnsville, with the one closest to Dunnsville listed first.
- Gifford
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gifford is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
- Altamont
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fullers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Guilderland Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rotterdam
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Schenectady
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- South Schenectady is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Schenectady
- Princetown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Kelleys
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kelleys is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleys
- Meadowdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Guilderland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Knox
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompsons Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Thompsons Lake is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Lake
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Rynex Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Schenectady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Dunnsville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dunnsville.
Newspapers Published in Dunnsville ...
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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunnsville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dunnsville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dunnsville.
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 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 Dunnsville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Albany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Fulton County
- Greene County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Washington 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> | 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- Dunnsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dunnsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |