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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 Mariaville (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 Mariaville. 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 hospitals 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.

Mariaville is located in Schenectady County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schenectady County: Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga & Schoharie.

Below are the counties that are near Mariaville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mariaville:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mariaville, see our County-by-County Page for Mariaville.

Cemeteries Near Mariaville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mariaville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mariaville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mariaville, with the one closest to Mariaville listed first.

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.<7>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mariaville had a population of 189 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Mariaville, with the one closest to Mariaville listed first.

  • Rynex Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Scotch Bush
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scotch Bush have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bush
    • Scotch Bush is located in Montgomery County
  • Braman Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Braman Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
    • Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
  • Duanesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duanesburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
    • Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
  • Kelleys
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelleys have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleys
    • Kelleys is located in Schenectady County
  • Princetown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Rotterdam Junction
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rotterdam Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rotterdam Junction
    • Rotterdam Junction is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rotterdam Junction <2>
  • Hoffmans
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoffmans have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans
    • Hoffmans is located in Schenectady County
  • Pattersonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pattersonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pattersonville
    • Pattersonville is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pattersonville <2>
  • Minaville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Minaville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
    • Minaville is located in Montgomery County
  • Burtonsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Quaker Street
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quaker Street have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Street
    • Quaker Street is located in Schenectady County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quaker Street <2>
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    • Gifford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gifford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gifford
      • Gifford is located in Schenectady County
    • Cranesville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Esperance
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esperance have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esperance
      • Esperance is located in Schoharie County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Esperance <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mariaville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mariaville.

Newspapers Published in Mariaville ...

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 Mariaville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mariaville, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mariaville.

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 Mariaville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mariaville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Schenectady County: www.schenectadycounty.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mariaville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mariaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8284, Longitude: -74.1352       In this case, the coordinates for Mariaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Mariaville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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