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 Holbrook 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 Holbrook 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 Holbrook 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Holbrook Corners: Holbrook 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 southwest 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 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.
Holbrook 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 Holbrook Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Holbrook Corners:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Holbrook Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Harmony Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Birchton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Charlton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- West Charlton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Galway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ballston Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Ballston Spa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mosherville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Factory Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Factory Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
- Milton Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Rock City Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Lisha Kill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Fullers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Altamont
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Guilderland
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Colonie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cohoes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Latham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Westmere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Newtonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Green Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Mills Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Perth
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Broadalbin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Progress
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Cranberry Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Mayfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- 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
- Gloversville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Benson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Cranesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hagaman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Wallins Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Rockton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Amsterdam
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Johnson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Fultonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fonda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Schaghticoke
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lansingburgh
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Valley Falls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sycaway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Troy
(22 miles [35.4 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>
- Johnsonville
(23 miles [37 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
- Raymertown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Rensselaer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- East Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alplaus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aqueduct
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Scotia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Schenectady
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Rynex Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Mariaville Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Esperance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gallupville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Schoharie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Howes Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Lake Luzerne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Glens Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Archdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Fly Summit
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Greenwich
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Center Cambridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- 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
- Fort Edward
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Battenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Coila
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Hudson Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Holbrook Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Holbrook Corners.
Cemeteries Near Holbrook Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Holbrook 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 Holbrook Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Holbrook Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Sweetman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hubbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- West Charlton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Charlton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65639 <2>
- South Milton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bliss Road Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Glenville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- West Milton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Galway Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (466 more) ...
- Glenville Centre Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville Centre Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Glenville Centre Methodist Episcopal Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<3> to the north of Schenectady.
- The Glenville Centre Methodist Episcopal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Glenville Center Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2336053 <2>
- Briggs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rock City Falls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
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 Holbrook Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Holbrook Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Holbrook Corners, with the one closest to Holbrook Corners listed first.
- Birchton
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- West Charlton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Charlton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Glenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- West Milton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Galway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ballston Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Mosherville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Burnt Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ballston Spa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Rock City Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- North Galway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Galway is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Galway
- East Galway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Galway is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galway
- Hoffmans
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hoffmans is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Holbrook Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Holbrook Corners.
Newspapers Published in Holbrook 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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around Holbrook Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Holbrook Corners, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Holbrook Corners.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Holbrook Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Warren 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Holbrook Corners) 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 Holbrook Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |