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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 Mineral Springs (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 Mineral Springs. 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.

Name Variations for Mineral Springs ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mineral Springs: Mineral Spgs. (or less commonly used: Mineral Spngs. or Mineral Sprngs.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and doctors 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.

Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie 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 Schoharie County: Albany, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego & Schenectady.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Mineral Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mineral Springs.

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 Mineral Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • France Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the France Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the France Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warnerville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warnerville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Warnerville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Scott Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Scott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Casper Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Casper Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Casper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bramanville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bramanville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bramanville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kilmer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kilmer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kilmer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Slingerland Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slingerland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slingerland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cobleskill Rural Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cobleskill Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cobleskill Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shafer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shafer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shafer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Shultas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shultas Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shultas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Patria Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patria Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patria Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Guernsey Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guernsey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guernsey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (531 more) ...
    • Bile Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bile Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bile Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Sagendorf Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sagendorf Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sagendorf Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Burhans Cemetery
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burhans Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burhans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mineral Springs had a population of 130 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Barnerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnerville
    • Barnerville is located in Schoharie County
  • Cobleskill
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Warnerville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • East Cobleskill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Cobleskill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cobleskill
    • East Cobleskill is located in Schoharie County
  • Howes Cave
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Carlisle Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlisle Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Center
    • Carlisle Center is located in Schoharie County
  • Lawyersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Vintonton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Grovenor Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grovenor Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grovenor Corners
    • Grovenor Corners is located in Schoharie County
  • Carlisle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlisle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
    • Carlisle is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlisle <1>
  • Hyndsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hyndsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hyndsville
    • Hyndsville is located in Schoharie County
  • Richmondville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Mineral Springs ...

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 123 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mineral Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mineral Springs, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mineral Springs.

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 Mineral Springs:

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

The official website for Schoharie County: www.schohariecounty-ny.gov/

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

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>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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Mineral Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mineral Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mineral Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6705, Longitude: -74.4514    









 

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