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 Kecks Center (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 Kecks Center. 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 Kecks Center ...
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 Kecks Center: Kecks Ctr. (or less commonly used: Kecks Cen., Kecks Cent. or Kecks Cntr.)
- You might see Kecks Centre instead of Kecks Center.
- While the name of this community is Kecks Center, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Kecks Center may originally have been Keck's Center.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Kecks Center might be written as Keck Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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.
Kecks Center is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery & Saratoga.
Below are the counties that are near Kecks Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Kecks Center:
- Fulton County (The home county of Kecks Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Sammonsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Meco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Garoga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Rockwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Ephratah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Gloversville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berkshire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Lassellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Progress
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Mayfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Summit
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Knox
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Arietta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Benson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Piseco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
- Morehouseville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Fort Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dolgeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Salisbury Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Little Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Deck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Paines Hollow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Jacksonburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Edicks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- East Herkimer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- East Herkimer is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Herkimer
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Fonda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Randall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Fultonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Palatine Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tribes Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Auriesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Canajoharie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nelliston
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Johnson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Flat Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Saint Johnsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Ames
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Center Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Cherry Valley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Springfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Roseboom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Springfield Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Center
- Pleasant Brook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Calcutta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Decatur
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Richfield Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Hagedorns Mills
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Galway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Charlton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Mosherville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Batchellerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
- Edinburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Birchton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Charlton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Harmony Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Rock City Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Braman Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Mariaville Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Glenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Delanson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rotterdam Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Rynex Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Duane Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(25 miles [40.2 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 Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Argusville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Sharon Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Esperance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Central Bridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Janesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Lawyersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Seward
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Cobleskill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Howes Cave
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Greenbush
(24 miles [38.6 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 Kecks Center, see our County-by-County Page for Kecks Center.
Cemeteries Near Kecks Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kecks Center.
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 Kecks Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Kecks Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Kecks Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Boshart Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sammons Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- McBeth Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rhodes Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ephratah Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Getman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dillenback Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Nestle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Colonial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Johnstown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (401 more) ...
- Rockwood Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sitterly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Caughnawaga Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 Kecks Center had a population of 58 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Kecks Center, with the one closest to Kecks Center listed first.
- Sammonsville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rockwood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Garoga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Ephratah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Fonda
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Arabia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Arabia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Arabia
- Yosts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yosts is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosts
- Randall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Fultonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gloversville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsboro is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Lassellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Palatine Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sprakers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Kecks Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Kecks Center.
Newspapers Published in Kecks Center ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kecks Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kecks Center, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kecks Center.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Kecks Center:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Montgomery County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie 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> | 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. |
| <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 Kecks Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Kecks Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |