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 Lanesville (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 Lanesville. 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 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.
Lanesville is located in Greene 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 Greene County: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Rensselaer, Schoharie & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Lanesville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lanesville:
- Greene County (The home county of Lanesville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Spruceton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spruceton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
- Hunter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Platte Clove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Jewett Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jewett Center is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
- Tannersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Kill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Haines Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lexington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jewett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Palenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Brooksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Brooksburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksburg
- Windham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Red Falls
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Red Falls is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Falls
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Cooksburg
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Potter Hollow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Medusa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Rensselaerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Westerlo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Alcove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dormansville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- South Berne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
- Coeymans Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Germantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Germantown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Elizaville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Glenco Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Greenport Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Lorenz Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- West Taghkanic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Churchtown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Stottville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hollowville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Taghkanic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Fleischmanns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Denver
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Roxbury
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Halcottsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Margaretville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grand Gorge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Kingston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- New Kingston is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
- Arena ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Arena is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
- Bovina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bovina is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
- Hobart
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Stamford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Kortright
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Andes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Tivoli
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cruger Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Red Hook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rhinecliff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Red Hook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Rhinebeck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Staatsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Jackson Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Milan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Pleasant Plains
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Hyde Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Manorkill
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- West Conesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Bates
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Broome Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Livingstonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- North Blenheim
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Franklinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- South Jefferson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
- Breakabeen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- Jefferson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Claryville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Curry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Curry is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Grahamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Willowemoc
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
- Neversink
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Aden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
- Debruce
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Debruce is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruce
- Lew Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lew Beach is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lew Beach
- Parkston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Parkston is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkston
- Woodbourne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Willow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Phoenicia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shady is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Shandaken
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bushnellsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville
- Boiceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bearsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Big Indian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Shokan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Glenford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oliverea
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lanesville, see our County-by-County Page for Lanesville.
Cemeteries Near Lanesville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lanesville.
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 Lanesville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lanesville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Lanesville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shandaken Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Spruceton Methodist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Longyear Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maplewood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hudler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Van Kleeck Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Francis De Sales Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Mary's of the Mtn. Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter Village Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parker Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (285 more) ...
- Gass Family Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Chase Family Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Beach Farm Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lanesville had a population of 39 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lanesville, with the one closest to Lanesville listed first.
- Edgewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Phoenicia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Spruceton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spruceton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
- Longyear
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Longyear is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longyear
- Lake Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Allaben
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Allaben is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaben
- Woodland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Hunter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shandaken
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cold Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cold Brook is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
- Boiceville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jewett Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jewett Center is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Bearsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Platte Clove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Tannersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lanesville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lanesville.
Newspapers Published in Lanesville ...
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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lanesville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lanesville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lanesville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Lanesville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Schoharie County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster 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> | 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 Lanesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Lanesville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |