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 Grays 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 Grays 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 Grays 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Grays Corners: Grays Cors.
- While the name of this community is Grays Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grays Corners may originally have been Gray's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grays Corners might be written as Gray Corners.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Grays Corners. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grays Corners.
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 doctors and 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.
Grays 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 Grays Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grays Corners:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Grays Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Halfmoon Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clifton Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waterford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Groom Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Elnora
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Coons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Country Knolls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Mechanicville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Jonesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Round Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Latham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cohoes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Newtonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Watervliet
(6 miles [9.7 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 <2>
- Loudonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Colonie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Menands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Roessleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- West Albany
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Westmere
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- North Chatham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Riders Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Niverville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Valatie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Kinderhook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Rock City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Mills Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Perth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Union Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Broadalbin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Medway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Greenville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Cranesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hagaman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Harrower
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Wallins Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Fort Johnson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Pleasantdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Lansingburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Sycaway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Troy
(7 miles [11.3 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 <2>
- Albia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Schaghticoke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wyantskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
- Wynantskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Valley Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Defreestville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Brunswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Niskayuna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Aqueduct
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Alplaus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Glenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Schenectady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Rotterdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Scotia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Princetown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Rynex Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Esperance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Gallupville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Schoharie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays 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
- Center White Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Greenwich
(22 miles [35.4 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
- 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)
- White Creek
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- North Greenwich
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Williamstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
- Hancock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- New Ashford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- North Bennington
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Old Bennington
(27 miles [43.5 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
- Paper Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Pownal Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Pownal
(27 miles [43.5 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
(28 miles [45.1 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
- Bennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- 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
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grays Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Grays Corners.
Cemeteries Near Grays Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grays 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 Grays Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grays Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- West Crescent Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Fonda Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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]<3> to the northwest of Cohoes.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2326760 <4>
- Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- 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]<3> 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 <4>
- Halfmoon - Middletown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Millious Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Amity Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Witbeck Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- 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]<3> to the northwest of Latham.
- The Witbeck Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Witbeck Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2344972 <4>
- St. Agnes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Agnes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Agnes Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Cohoes.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65910 <4>
- Waterford Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waterford Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Waterford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66654 <4>
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clifton Park Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Continue List (507 more) ...
- Grooms Methodist Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Niskayuna Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Grays Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grays Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grays Corners, with the one closest to Grays Corners listed first.
- Dunsbach Ferry
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Dunsbach Ferry is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunsbach Ferry
- Crescent
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crescent is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Halfmoon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Vischer Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vischer Ferry is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vischer Ferry
- Clifton Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Cohoes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waterford
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Groom Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Niskayuna
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lansingburgh
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Elnora
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Shakers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shakers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakers
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Newtonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Watervliet
(6 miles [9.7 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 <2>
- Green Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grays Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grays Corners.
Newspapers Published in Grays 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 306 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grays Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grays Corners, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grays Corners.
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 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 Grays Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Fulton County
- Greene County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Washington County
- Berkshire County
- Bennington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Grays Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Grays Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |