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 Lake Minnewaska (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 Lake Minnewaska. 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 Lake Minnewaska ...
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 Lake Minnewaska: Lk. Minnewaska
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Lake Minnewaska is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near Lake Minnewaska. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Minnewaska:
- Ulster County (The home county of Lake Minnewaska)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Minnewaska, with the one closest to Lake Minnewaska listed first.
- Accord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mohonk Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kyserike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kyserike is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyserike
- Rutsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Kerhonkson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Bruynswick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dwaarkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Port Ben
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Port Ben is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Ben
- Kripplebush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Kripplebush is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kripplebush
- High Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Columbia County
- Elizaville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Minnewaska, with the one closest to Lake Minnewaska listed first.
- Hyde Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Poughkeepsie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Haviland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Spackenkill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Staatsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Manchester Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Red Oaks Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Rhinecliff
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hughsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Minnewaska, with the one closest to Lake Minnewaska listed first.
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Platte Clove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Minnewaska, with the one closest to Lake Minnewaska listed first.
- Pine Bush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Searsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Walden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Leptondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Montgomery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cronomer Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Orange Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Gardnertown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Maybrook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Balmville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Little Britain
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Minnewaska, with the one closest to Lake Minnewaska listed first.
- Cold Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Farmers Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Minnewaska, with the one closest to Lake Minnewaska listed first.
- Summitville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomingburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wurtsboro
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grahamsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Woodridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Woodbourne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Curry
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Curry is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Rock Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- South Fallsburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Thompsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Minnewaska, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Minnewaska.
Cemeteries Near Lake Minnewaska ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Minnewaska.
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 Lake Minnewaska - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Minnewaska covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Minnewaska, with the one closest to Lake Minnewaska listed first.
- Accord Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rochester Reformed Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Bush Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bruynswick Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Dubois Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Paltz Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Benton - Bar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- High Falls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mulford Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- New Hurley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (208 more) ...
- Modena Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Clintondale Friends Ground Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Coxing Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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 Lake Minnewaska in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Minnewaska.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Minnewaska, with the one closest to Lake Minnewaska listed first.
- Accord
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mohonk Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rutsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Libertyville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Libertyville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertyville
- Kyserike
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Kyserike is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyserike
- Bruynswick
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Mettacahonts
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mettacahonts is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mettacahonts
- Gardiner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Glen is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Whitfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Kerhonkson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dwaarkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pataukunk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pataukunk is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataukunk
- Crawford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- New Hurley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Minnewaska. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Minnewaska.
Newspapers Published in Lake Minnewaska ...
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 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Minnewaska.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Minnewaska, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Minnewaska.
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 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 Lake Minnewaska:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ulster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Sullivan 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lake Minnewaska) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lake Minnewaska, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |