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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 New York (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 New York. 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 New York ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East New York: E. New York

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.

Cemeteries Near East New York ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East New York.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for East New York covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from East New York, with the one closest to East New York listed first.

  • Union Field Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Field Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Judah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Knollwood Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knollwood Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knollwood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Knollwood Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knollwood Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knollwood Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Acacia Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Acacia Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Acacia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bayside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bayside Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bayside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Neboh Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • The Evergreens Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Evergreens Cemetery
    • The Evergreens Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cemetery of the Evergreens
  • Maimonides Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cypress Hills Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Salem Fields Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
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    • B'nai Jeshurum & Shereth Israel Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the B'nai Jeshurum & Shereth Israel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the B'nai Jeshurum & Shereth Israel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cypress Hills National Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)

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 in 1895, East New York had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from East New York, with the one closest to East New York listed first.

  • City Line
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Line have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Line
    • City Line is located in Kings County
  • Canarsie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie
    • Canarsie is located in Kings County
  • Ridgewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Ozone Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ozone Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone Park
    • Ozone Park is located in Queens County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozone Park <4>
  • Woodhaven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhaven
    • Woodhaven is located in Queens County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodhaven <4>
  • Glendale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Glendale is located in Queens County
  • Bushwick
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick
    • Bushwick is located in Kings County
  • Flatlands
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands
    • Flatlands is located in Kings County
  • Fresh Pond
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond
    • Fresh Pond is located in Queens County
  • Morris Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morris Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Park
    • Morris Park is located in Queens County
  • Richmond Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Middle Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
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    • Brooklyn
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Flatbush
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flatbush have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
      • Flatbush is located in Kings County
    • Maspeth
      (4 miles [6.4 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 East New York. See our List of 1890's Communities around East New York.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of East New York ...

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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around East New York.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of East New York. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of East New York and those printed in the larger area surrounding East New York.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> of East New York.

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 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 New York:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East New York. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 New York, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East New York) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East New York. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6668, Longitude: -73.8824       In this case, the coordinates for East New York have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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