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 East Chatham (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 East Chatham. 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 East Chatham ...
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 East Chatham: E. Chatham
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Chatham. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Chatham.
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.
East Chatham is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near East Chatham. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Chatham:
- Columbia County (The home county of East Chatham)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- New Concord
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- Rock City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Canaan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Red Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Canaan Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Moorhouse Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner
- Chatham Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Riders Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Chatham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Austerlitz
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ghent
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Niverville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Coeymans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ravena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Selkirk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aquetuck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Beckers Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Bethlehem Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Glenmont
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Coeymans Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Albany
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Normansville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Alcove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Delmar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Jackson Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Mount Ross
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Irondale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Pine Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spencer Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Upper Red Hook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Coxsackie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Athens
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Jefferson Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Surprise
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Catskill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Leeds
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Gayhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Cairo Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Brainard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- East Nassau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Nassau
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hoag Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- West Stephentown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown
- Wyomanock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock
- East Schodack
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stephentown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Schodack Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Sliters
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Luther
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Waterford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schenectady County
- Niskayuna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- Malden
(30 miles [48.3 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
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Taconic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Wangum Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Clayton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Canaan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Canaan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- East Canaan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Richmond
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Shaker Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Stevens Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- West Stockbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Rockdale Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Lenox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lenox is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
- Glendale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Hancock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- Alford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Housatonic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Stockbridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
- Lenox Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lenox Station is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox Station
- Pittsfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
- Franklin County (MA)
- West Hawley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Hawley is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley
- Hampden County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Chester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,365 people
- North Blandford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Blandford is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Blandford
- Hampshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Middlefield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Middlefield is located in Hampshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 538 people
- Worthington Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Worthington Corners is located in Hampshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington Corners
- Worthington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Worthington is located in Hampshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worthington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,176 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Pownal Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Pownal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Chatham, see our County-by-County Page for East Chatham.
Cemeteries Near East Chatham ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Chatham.
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 East Chatham - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Chatham covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- Mountain View Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Maples Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lovejoy - Beebe Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Red Rock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Canaan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chatham Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flatbrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- St. James Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spencertown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cornwall - Tilden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- North Chatham Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Shufelt Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that East Chatham had a population of 270 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Chatham, with the one closest to East Chatham listed first.
- New Concord
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- Old Chatham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rayville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rayville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayville
- Red Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Canaan Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Canaan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Chatham Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Chatham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riders Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Flatbrook
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flatbrook is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbrook
- Brainard
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Malden Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Spencertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Lebanon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Lebanon Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon Center
- West Lebanon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Lebanon is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around East Chatham. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Chatham.
Newspapers Published in East Chatham ...
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 67 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Chatham.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Chatham, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Chatham.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 East Chatham:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Ulster County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire County
- Franklin County
- Hampden County
- Hampshire County
- Bennington 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 East Chatham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- East Chatham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |