RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New York >> Warren County >> Igerna >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Igerna (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 Igerna. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Igerna is located in Warren 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 Warren County: Essex, Hamilton, Saratoga & Washington.

Below are the counties that are near Igerna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Igerna:

  • Warren County     (The home county of Igerna)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Igerna, with the one closest to Igerna listed first.
    • Holcombville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Holcombville is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holcombville
    • Pottersville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Riparius
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Wevertown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Johnsburg
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Chestertown
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Adirondack
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Brant Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Bakers Mills
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Riverbank
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Riverbank is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbank
    • North Bolton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • North Bolton is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bolton
    • Athol
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Igerna, with the one closest to Igerna listed first.
    • Minerva
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Loch Muller
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Loch Muller is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Muller
    • Schroon Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Severance
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Boreas River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Boreas River is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boreas River
    • Blue Ridge
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Blue Ridge is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Ridge
    • Newcomb
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tahawus
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Ironville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Ironville is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironville
    • Ticonderoga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Saint Huberts
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Saint Huberts is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Huberts
    • Moriah
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Igerna, with the one closest to Igerna listed first.
    • Indian Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Sabael
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Speculator
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilmantown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
    • Blue Mountain Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Wells
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Saratoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Igerna, with the one closest to Igerna listed first.
    • Allentown
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Allentown is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
    • Hadley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Day Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Day Center is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day Center
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Igerna, with the one closest to Igerna listed first.
    • Huletts Landing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Chubbs Dock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Chubbs Dock is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chubbs Dock
    • Dresden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Dresden is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
    • Whitehall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Comstock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Ann
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rutland County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Igerna, with the one closest to Igerna listed first.
    • Benson Landing
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Benson Landing is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Landing
    • West Haven
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
    • West Haven
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • West Haven is located in Rutland County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haven
    • Benson
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Igerna, see our County-by-County Page for Igerna.

Cemeteries Near Igerna ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Igerna.

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 Igerna - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Igerna covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Igerna, with the one closest to Igerna listed first.

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, Igerna had a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Igerna, with the one closest to Igerna listed first.

  • North Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Olmstedville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Riparius
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Pottersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Minerva
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wevertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • North River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Johnsburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Chestertown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Adirondack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • South Schroon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • South Schroon is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Schroon
  • Bakers Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Brant Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Loch Muller
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Loch Muller is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Muller
    • The Glen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • The Glen is located in Warren County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Glen

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Igerna. See our List of 1890's Communities around Igerna.

Newspapers Published in Igerna ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Igerna.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Igerna, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Igerna.

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 Igerna:

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' (or 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- Igerna) 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 Igerna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.