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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 The Moorings (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 The Moorings. 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.

The Moorings 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 The Moorings. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Moorings:

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of The Moorings)
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Moorings, with the one closest to The Moorings listed first.
    • East Islip
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • East Islip is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Islip
    • Islip
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Great River
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Islip Terrace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • North Great River
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • North Great River is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Great River
    • Bay Shore
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Oakdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • North Bay Shore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • North Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bay Shore
    • Brightwaters
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • West Bay Shore
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • West Bay Shore is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bay Shore
    • Bohemia
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Baywood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Baywood is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baywood
    • Brentwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Moorings, with the one closest to The Moorings listed first.
    • East Massapequa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
    • Farmingdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • South Farmingdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • Massapequa Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • North Massapequa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
    • Old Bethpage
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bethpage
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Biltmore Shores
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
    • Harbor Green
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
    • Massapequa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Plainedge
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
    • Plainview
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Seaford
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Queens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Moorings, with the one closest to The Moorings listed first.
    • Douglaston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Little Neck
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Queens Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Rosedale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bayside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Far Rockaway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Hollis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Bayswater
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Bayswater is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater
    • Jamaica
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Rochdale Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
  • Westchester County
    • Milton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Milton is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from The Moorings, with the one closest to The Moorings listed first.
    • Darien
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Darien is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
    • Rowayton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shippan Point
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
    • Compo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Compo is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compo
    • Darien
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Noroton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
    • Norwalk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 88,655 people
    • Old Greenwich
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • South Norwalk
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • South Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Norwalk
    • East Norwalk
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • East Norwalk is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Norwalk
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Greens Farms
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Glenbrook
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook

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

Cemeteries Near The Moorings ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Moorings.

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 The Moorings - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • St. Patricks Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Central Islip Psychiatric Center Patient Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Brentwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • St. John Nepomucene RC Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • First Methodist Church Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • St. Ann's Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Lawrence Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bohemia Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (203 more) ...
    • Babylon Rural Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babylon Rural Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Babylon Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Babylon.
      • The Babylon Rural Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Babylon Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1032904 <2>
    • Hauppauge Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pilgrim State Psychiatric Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)

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 The Moorings in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Moorings.

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

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

Newspapers Published in The Moorings ...

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 216 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Moorings.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Moorings, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Moorings.

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 The Moorings:

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 The Moorings, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- The Moorings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.