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 Lower Melville (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 Lower Melville. 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 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.
Lower Melville is located in Suffolk County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
Below are the counties that are near Lower Melville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lower Melville:
- Suffolk County (The home county of Lower Melville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Melville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wheatley Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- East Farmingdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale
- Wyandanch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- West Hills is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hills
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Huntington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- South Huntington is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Huntington
- North Amityville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- North Amityville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville
- North Lindenhurst
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lindenhurst
- West Babylon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Babylon is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon
- Dix Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amityville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Copiague
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bronx County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- City Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- City Island is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
- Locust Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Locust Point is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Throggs Neck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
- Eastchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Eastchester is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
- Bronx
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bronx is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
- Bronx has also been known as:
- Bronx
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <1>
- Williams Bridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
- Fordham
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Fordham is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
- Concourse Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Concourse Village is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
- Kings Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
- Riverdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil
- Kings County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Brownsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Brownsville is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
- Bushwick
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Bushwick is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick
- Canarsie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Canarsie is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie
- Marcus Garvey Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Greenpoint
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Greenpoint is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
- Weeksville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Weeksville is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
- Brooklyn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flatlands
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Flatlands is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands
- Williamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Williamsburg is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
- Flatbush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Flatbush is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
- New York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New York is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,253,213 people
- Brighton Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton Beach is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton Beach
- Brooklyn Heights
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Brooklyn Heights is located in Kings County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn Heights
- Nassau County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Old Bethpage
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Farmingdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Plainview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Swedetown Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
- South Farmingdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
- Bethpage
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Massapequa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
- Plainedge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Plainedge is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
- Syosset
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Levittown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Massapequa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
- New York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- East Harlem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem
- Delano Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Delano Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village
- Harlem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harlem is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
- Inwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Inwood is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
- Washington Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Washington Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
- Yorkville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Yorkville is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
- Manhattan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Manhattan is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manhattan
- Morningside Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Morningside Heights is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morningside Heights
- Park West Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Park West Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park West Village
- Seneca Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Seneca Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village
- East Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- East Village is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Village
- Hell's Kitchen
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen
- Kips Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kips Bay is located in New York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kips Bay
- Queens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Douglaston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Little Neck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rosedale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Queens Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bayside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hollis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Beechhurst is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
- Jamaica
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Queens
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rochdale Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
- Bayswater
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bayswater is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater
- Far Rockaway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Whitestone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rockland County
- Palisades
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Milton is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Rye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Rye is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
- Harrison
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Larchmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mamaroneck
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Chester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Rochelle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pelham Manor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pelham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rye Brook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Eastchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mount Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Bronxville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Shippan Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
- Darien
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Darien is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
- Old Greenwich
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Noroton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
- Rowayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Stamford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Belle Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
- Cos Cob
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Darien
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
- Noroton Heights
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights
- Greenwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Fort Lee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Fort Lee is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lee
- Linwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Linwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood
- Englewood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Englewood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 28,278 people
- Hudson County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Guttenberg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guttenberg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,015 people
- North Bergen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- North Bergen is located in Hudson County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bergen
- West New York
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New York
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53,132 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lower Melville, see our County-by-County Page for Lower Melville.
Cemeteries Near Lower Melville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lower Melville.
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 Lower Melville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lower Melville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Lower Melville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pinelawn Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelawn Memorial Park
- The Pinelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
- Pine Lawn Memorial Park
- Pinelawn Cemetery
- Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174076 <2>
- Long Island National Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Melville Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Charles RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Charles RC Cemetery
- The St. Charles RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Cemetery of the Ressurection
- Resurrection Cemetery
- St. Charles Cemetery
- St. Charles and Resurrection Cemeteries
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65944 <2>
- Wellwood Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beth Moses Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stymus Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Ararat Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Montefiore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's Catholic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Golda Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (365 more) ...
- Plainedge Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Amityville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Trinity Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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 Lower Melville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lower Melville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lower Melville, with the one closest to Lower Melville listed first.
- Melville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wyandanch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Deer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Amityville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lindenhurst
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Huntington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Babylon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Elwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Greenlawn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Commack
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Shore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Brentwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- East Northport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- East Northport is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Northport
- Centerport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lower Melville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lower Melville.
Newspapers Published in Lower Melville ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lower Melville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lower Melville, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lower Melville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Lower Melville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Suffolk County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bronx County
- Kings County
- Nassau County
- New York County
- Queens County
- Rockland County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Bergen County
- Hudson 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 Lower Melville, 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- Lower Melville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |