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 Glen (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 Glen. 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 hospitals and 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.
Glen is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Fulton, Herkimer, Otsego, Schenectady & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Glen. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Glen:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Glen)
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Fultonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Auriesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fonda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Tribes Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Randall
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Fort Johnson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Burtonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Amsterdam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Flat Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Lykers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Harrower
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Knox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- East Berne
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Meadowdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Hartmans Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Lisha Kill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Guilderland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- South Berne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
- Voorheesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sammonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Berkshire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Progress
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Gloversville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Meco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Perth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Ephratah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Broadalbin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Garoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Rockwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Mayfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Benson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Arietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Hope
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Fort Plain
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Dolgeville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deck
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Salisbury Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Little Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Paines Hollow
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Salisbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Edicks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- Jacksonburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Center Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Cherry Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Calcutta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Pleasant Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Roseboom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Decatur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Middlefield Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Middlefield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Center
- Springfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Springfield Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Middlefield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- West Charlton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Galway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Charlton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Birchton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Mosherville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Burnt Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Rock City Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Batchellerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Braman Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Mariaville Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delanson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Duanesburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Rotterdam Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Duane Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Esperance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Argusville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Central Bridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Howes Cave
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Schoharie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Sharon Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gallupville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Cobleskill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Greenbush
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Glen, see our County-by-County Page for Glen.
Cemeteries Near Glen ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glen.
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 Glen - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Glen covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Wycoff Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Maple Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Van Epps - Starin Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Caughnawaga Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Gove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kimball Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Phillips Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Currytown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (474 more) ...
- Haight Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friends Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Christian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Glen had a population of 240 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Glen, with the one closest to Glen listed first.
- Charleston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Charleston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Fultonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Auriesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fonda
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fort Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rural Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Grove
- Tribes Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Randall
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Yosts
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Yosts is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosts
- Currytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Currytown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Charleston Four Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Ridge is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Minaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Minaville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Burtonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Scotch Bush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Scotch Bush is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bush
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Glen. See our List of 1890's Communities around Glen.
Newspapers Published in Glen ...
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 118 newspapers that have been published in the area around Glen.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glen, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glen.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Glen:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie 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> | 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 Glen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Glen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |