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 Livingston (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 Livingston. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Livingston is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Livingston. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Livingston:
- Columbia County (The home county of Livingston)
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Glenco Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Burden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Churchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- West Taghkanic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Taghkanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Greenport Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Hollowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elizaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Hudson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Aquetuck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Coeymans
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Ravena
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Alcove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Coeymans Hollow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- South Westerlo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Selkirk
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Dormansville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Medusa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beckers Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Cooksburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Jackson Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Tivoli
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Red Hook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Mount Ross
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Cruger Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Red Hook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Pine Plains
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Milan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Rhinebeck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Irondale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Catskill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Athens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jefferson Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Kiskatom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Leeds
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Palenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Cairo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Coxsackie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cairo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Round Top
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Brainard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Schodack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- East Nassau
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Malden
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glasco
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Mount Marion
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- High Woods
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Ruby
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Katrine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Sawkill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sawkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawkill
- Daisy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Taconic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ore Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Twin Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Lakeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Sharon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Amesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Falls Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Mount Washington
(16 miles [25.7 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
- Egremont
(17 miles [27.4 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
- North Egremont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Egremont Plain
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- South Egremont
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Alford
(19 miles [30.6 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
- Great Barrington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Sheffield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Van Deusenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Housatonic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Ashley Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Rockdale Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Livingston, see our County-by-County Page for Livingston.
Cemeteries Near Livingston ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Livingston.
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 Livingston - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Livingston covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Church of Nativity Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Livingston Reformed Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clermont Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Valley View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Buckley's Corner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Germantown Reformed Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Viewmont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Methodist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cheriot Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Elizaville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizaville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elizaville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Elizaville.
- The Elizaville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Coons Cemetery
- Elizaville UMC Cemetery
- Pleasantvale Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #529874 <2>
- Continue List (292 more) ...
- Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- DuBois Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Livingston had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Livingston, with the one closest to Livingston listed first.
- Glenco Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Burden
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Blue Store
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Store is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Store
- Manorton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Manorton is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorton
- West Taghkanic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Churchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Humphreysville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Humphreysville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreysville
- Clermont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snyderville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Snyderville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyderville
- Linlithgo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Linlithgo is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linlithgo
- Taghkanic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Greendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greendale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- North Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Germantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cheviot
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cheviot is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheviot
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Livingston. See our List of 1890's Communities around Livingston.
Newspapers Published in Livingston ...
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 138 newspapers that have been published in the area around Livingston.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Livingston, 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 Livingston.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Livingston:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Ulster County
- Litchfield 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 Livingston, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Livingston) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |