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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 Kildare (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 Kildare. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Kildare is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Clinton, Essex, Hamilton & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Kildare)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kildare, with the one closest to Kildare listed first.
    • Altamont
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Altamont is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
    • Tupper Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Saranac Inn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
    • Paul Smiths
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Harrietstown
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Franklin Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Franklin Falls is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Falls
    • Merrillsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrillsville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
  • Essex County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kildare, with the one closest to Kildare listed first.
    • Saranac Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bloomingdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Ray Brook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Whiteface
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Whiteface is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
    • Lake Placid
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • North Elba
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • North Elba is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
    • Newcomb
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Tahawus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Lawrence County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Kildare, with the one closest to Kildare listed first.
    • Sevey
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
    • Horseshoe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
    • Stark
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Stark is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
    • Cranberry Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • South Colton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wanakena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Newton Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Colton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Parishville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopkinton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Hopkinton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton
    • Nicholville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Clare
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
    • Degrasse
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Degrasse is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degrasse

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

Cemeteries Near Kildare ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Kildare.

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

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

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

  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Beth Joseph Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Alphonsus Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Name Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Coulon Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cranberry Lake Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Bernards Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Brighton Memorial Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...
    • Pine Ridge Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Brookside Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Russell Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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.<3>

While we didn't find Kildare in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Kildare.

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

  • Gale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gale is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
  • Childwold
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tupper Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sevey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
  • Saranac Inn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
  • Hollywood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Hollywood is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
  • Paul Smiths
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Stark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Stark is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
  • Cranberry Lake
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Cove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Spring Cove is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cove
  • Harrietstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
  • Saranac Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Santa Clara
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Santa Clara is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
    • South Colton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ray Brook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Kildare ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Kildare.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Kildare, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Kildare.

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 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 Kildare:

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>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 Kildare, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Kildare) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.