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 Hoffmans (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 Hoffmans. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hoffmans is located in Schenectady 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 Schenectady County: Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Hoffmans. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hoffmans:
- Schenectady County (The home county of Hoffmans)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Pattersonville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Glenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rotterdam Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Mariaville Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Scotia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Glenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Princetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Schenectady
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Alplaus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Altamont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fullers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Lisha Kill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Knox
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Guilderland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Meadowdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Colonie
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Berne
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Latham
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Voorheesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Perth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Mills Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Broadalbin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Progress
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Berkshire
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Johnstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gloversville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Jackson Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Meco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Benson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Herkimer County
- Fort Plain
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Cranesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hagaman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Fort Johnson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Auriesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fonda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Randall
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Lansingburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Sycaway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Troy
(23 miles [37 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>
- Schaghticoke
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Albia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Rensselaer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Defreestville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Hampton Manor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Wyantskill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
- Wynantskill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Couse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- West Charlton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Charlton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Galway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Harmony Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Burnt Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Birchton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Ballston Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Mosherville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Whiteside Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Elnora
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Groom Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Jonesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Hagedorns Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Esperance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gallupville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Schoharie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Howes Cave
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Middleburgh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Cobleskill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Lawyersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Warnerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hoffmans, see our County-by-County Page for Hoffmans.
Cemeteries Near Hoffmans ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hoffmans.
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 Hoffmans - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hoffmans covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Van Eps Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woestina Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woestina Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woestina Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Rotterdam Junction.
- The Woestina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woestina Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66765 <2>
- Weatherwax Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vedder Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- West Glenville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glenville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the West Glenville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Rotterdam Junction.
- The West Glenville Cemetery has also been known as:
- First Reformed Dutch Churchyard
- Wesst Glenville Reformed Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2145584 <2>
- Old Methodist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Van Vechten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Scotch Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mabee Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crane Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dorn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (519 more) ...
- Patterson Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dennison Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Van Slyck Cemetery
- The Van Slyck Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Slyck Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66601 <2>
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hoffmans had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hoffmans, with the one closest to Hoffmans listed first.
- Pattersonville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rotterdam Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cranesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mariaville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rynex Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- West Charlton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Scotch Bush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Scotch Bush is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bush
- Charlton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Rockton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Amsterdam
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kelleys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kelleys is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleys
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Scotia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Minaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Princetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hoffmans. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hoffmans.
Newspapers Published in Hoffmans ...
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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hoffmans.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hoffmans, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hoffmans.
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 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 Hoffmans:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schenectady County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schoharie County
- Washington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hoffmans) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hoffmans, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |