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 Little York (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 Little York. 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 northeast 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 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.
Little York is located in Schoharie 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 Schoharie County: Albany, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego & Schenectady.
Below are the counties that are near Little York. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little York:
- Schoharie County (The home county of Little York)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Argusville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Lawyersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Cobleskill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Janesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Mineral Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Warnerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Seward
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Sharon Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Howes Cave
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Central Bridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Greenbush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Leesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Knox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Berne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Altamont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Rensselaerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Berne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
- Meadowdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Potter Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Cooksburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Simpsonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Simpsonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Stamford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Harpersfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- North Kortright
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Kortright is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kortright
- Grand Gorge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hobart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- South Kortright
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Davenport Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Ephratah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Sammonsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Johnstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Garoga
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Lassellsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Rockwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Meco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Gloversville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Berkshire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Progress
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Crum Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
- Perth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Greene County
- Oak Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Fort Plain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Deck
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Paines Hollow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Cullen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Edicks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- Dolgeville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Little Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- South Columbia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- South Columbia is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Columbia
- East Herkimer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- 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 Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Lykers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Flat Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Ames
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canajoharie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Randall
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Buel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Buel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Palatine Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sprout Brook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Nelliston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fonda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Center Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- South Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Calcutta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Decatur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Cherry Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Brook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Roseboom
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Westford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Worcester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Middlefield Center
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Middlefield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Center
- Middlefield
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Middlefield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- West Charlton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Charlton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Galway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Braman Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Delanson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Duanesburg
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Mariaville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Duane Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Mariaville Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Princetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Rynex Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pattersonville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rotterdam Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Glenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little York, see our County-by-County Page for Little York.
Cemeteries Near Little York ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little York.
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 Little York - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little York covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Lawyer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- New Rhinebeck Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Argusville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ball Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bellinger Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Strobeck Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lykers Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Slate Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Peoples Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (520 more) ...
- Cobleskill Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Chambers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burhans Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 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.<3>
While we didn't find Little York in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Little York.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little York, with the one closest to Little York listed first.
- Sharon
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sharon is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Argusville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Carlisle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lawyersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Lykers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Carlisle Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carlisle Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Center
- Sharon Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sharon Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Center
- Hyndsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hyndsville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndsville
- Cobleskill
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Barnerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Barnerville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnerville
- Flat Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Charleston Four Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Seward
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Warnerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little York. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little York.
Newspapers Published in Little York ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little York.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little York, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little York.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start 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 Little York:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schoharie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Delaware County
- Fulton County
- Greene County
- Herkimer County
- Montgomery County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady 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 Little York, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Little York) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |