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 Flagler 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 Flagler 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 Flagler 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 Flagler Corners: Flagler 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.
Flagler Corners is located in Saratoga 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 Saratoga County: Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Warren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Flagler Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Flagler Corners:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Flagler Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Clifton Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Elnora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Groom Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Country Knolls
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Halfmoon Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coons
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Willow Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Mechanicville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Latham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cohoes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lisha Kill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Colonie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Newtonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watervliet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Loudonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Menands
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Roessleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Guilderland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- North Chatham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- 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
- Niverville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Mills Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Perth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Union Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Broadalbin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Progress
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Berkshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Cranberry Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Mayfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gloversville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Cranesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hagaman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Burtonsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Fort Johnson
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fonda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Lansingburgh
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Schaghticoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sycaway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Troy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Valley Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Albia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Raymertown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Wyantskill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
- Wynantskill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Defreestville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Brunswick
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Aqueduct
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Niskayuna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Alplaus
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Glenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Schenectady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Scotia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Esperance
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gallupville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Schoharie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Center Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Fly Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Archdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Greenwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Center White Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Coila
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Cambridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- White Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Greenwich
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- North Bennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Paper Mill Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Bennington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Old Bennington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Pownal Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Pownal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shaftsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- South Shaftsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Flagler Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Flagler Corners.
Cemeteries Near Flagler Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Flagler 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 Flagler Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Flagler Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Millious Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clifton Park Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Clifton Park Baptist Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grooms Methodist Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Crescent Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Amity Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fonda Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fonda Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fonda Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Cohoes.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326760 <3>
- Halfmoon - Middletown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65311 <3>
- East Line Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (499 more) ...
- Niskayuna Reformed Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Witbeck Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Witbeck Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Witbeck Family Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Latham.
- The Witbeck Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Witbeck Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344972 <3>
- St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the west of Cohoes.
- The St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66141 <3>
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 Flagler Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Flagler Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Flagler Corners, with the one closest to Flagler Corners listed first.
- Clifton Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Groom Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Elnora
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Crescent
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Ushers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ushers is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ushers
- Vischer Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Vischer Ferry is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vischer Ferry
- Dunsbach Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dunsbach Ferry is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunsbach Ferry
- Jonesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Halfmoon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aqueduct
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Round Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Niskayuna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Willow Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Coons
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Alplaus
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Flagler Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Flagler Corners.
Newspapers Published in Flagler 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 111 newspapers that have been published in the area around Flagler Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Flagler Corners, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Flagler Corners.
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 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 Flagler Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Fulton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Flagler Corners) 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 Flagler Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |