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 Lawrenceville (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 Lawrenceville. 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.
Lawrenceville 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 Lawrenceville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lawrenceville:
- Greene County (The home county of Lawrenceville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Cairo Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Kiskatom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- South Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Round Top
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leeds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Palenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Catskill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Woodstock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Haines Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gayhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Platte Clove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- South Westerlo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Alcove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Medusa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coeymans Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Cooksburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Dormansville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Ravena
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Potter Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Coeymans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Westerlo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Lorenz Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Churchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Stottville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Glenco Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Hollowville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rossman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Elizaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Taghkanic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Grand Gorge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fleischmanns
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Denver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Roxbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Tivoli
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Upper Red Hook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Red Hook
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Rock City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Mount Ross
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Rhinebeck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Rhinecliff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Wurtemburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Pine Plains
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Nassau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Greenbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- East Schodack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brainard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Couse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Hampton Manor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Luther
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Manorkill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Bates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Livingstonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Broome Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- West Conesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
- Franklinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- North Blenheim
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Breakabeen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Quarryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Malden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Glasco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- High Woods
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Mount Marion Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Daisy
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Ruby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Shady
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shady is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Woodstock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Zena is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Bearsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Mount Washington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- North Egremont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Egremont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- Alford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Egremont Plain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lawrenceville, see our County-by-County Page for Lawrenceville.
Cemeteries Near Lawrenceville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lawrenceville.
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 Lawrenceville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lawrenceville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Joseph Sax Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Sax Cemetery
- The Joseph Sax Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lawrence Family Cemetery
- Blackman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Round Top Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goodwin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palenville Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Leeds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandy Plain Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cairo Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Village Cemetery
- The Cairo Village Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cairo Cemetery
- Gardner Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Rural Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Haines Falls Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (326 more) ...
- Aaron Haines Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Shoub Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- DuBois Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lawrenceville had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lawrenceville, with the one closest to Lawrenceville listed first.
- Cairo Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Kiskatom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- South Cairo
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Palenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saxton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saxton is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Leeds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cairo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Haines Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Catskill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Acra
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quarryville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- West Camp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Germantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Linlithgo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lawrenceville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lawrenceville.
Newspapers Published in Lawrenceville ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lawrenceville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lawrenceville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lawrenceville.
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 Lawrenceville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Rensselaer County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Berkshire 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> | 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 Lawrenceville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lawrenceville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |