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 Greenville (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 Greenville. 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 Greenville ...
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 Greenville: E. Greenville
You might be interested in other communities that are also named East Greenville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Greenville.
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
East Greenville is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near East Greenville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to East Greenville:
- Greene County (The home county of East Greenville)
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Surprise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Norton Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Medway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Gayhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cairo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Oak Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- South Cairo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Cornwallville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Round Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Coxsackie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cairo Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- South Westerlo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Dormansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Alcove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coeymans Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Westerlo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Medusa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Aquetuck
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Ravena
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Reidsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Reidsville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
- Coeymans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bethlehem
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Rensselaerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Rossman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Kinderhook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hudson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lorenz Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Stottville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Niverville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Valatie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- North Chatham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- North Germantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Chatham Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Germantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Burden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Grand Gorge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Roxbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Tivoli
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Montgomery County
- Burtonsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Greenbush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Nassau
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Couse
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- East Schodack
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rensselaer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Luther
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Defreestville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Sliters
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Groom Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Halfmoon Beach
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Waterford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Duane Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Delanson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Duanesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Princetown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Rotterdam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Niskayuna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Schenectady
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Rynex Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Scotia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mariaville Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Braman Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Alplaus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Bates
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Livingstonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Manorkill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Franklinton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Broome Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Gallupville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Middleburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Breakabeen
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- West Conesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Schoharie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- North Blenheim
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Central Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Esperance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Quarryville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Malden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Glasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- High Woods
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Mount Marion
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Shady is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Mount Marion Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Willow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bearsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Ruby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to East Greenville, see our County-by-County Page for East Greenville.
Cemeteries Near East Greenville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Greenville.
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 Greenville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for East Greenville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Greenville Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Waldron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Blaisdell Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- King Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- King Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grapeville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shepard Family Burial Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Craw Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Travis Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Staco Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Christian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (478 more) ...
- Locust Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- O'Hara Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Freehold Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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 East Greenville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of East Greenville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from East Greenville, with the one closest to East Greenville listed first.
- Greenville Center
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Greenville Center is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Center
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Surprise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Grapeville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grapeville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grapeville
- South Westerlo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Norton Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Freehold
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Result
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Result is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Result
- Gayhead
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Dormansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Medway
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Alcove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Indian Fields
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Fields is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Fields
- East Durham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coeymans Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 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 East Greenville. See our List of 1890's Communities around East Greenville.
Newspapers Published in East Greenville ...
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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Greenville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Greenville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Greenville.
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 websites either 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 Greenville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster 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 Greenville, 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 Greenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |