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 Morey Park (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 Morey Park. 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 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.
Morey Park is located in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County: Berkshire (MA), Albany, Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Washington & Bennington (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Morey Park. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Morey Park:
- Rensselaer County (The home county of Morey Park)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- East Schodack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nassau
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Schodack Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Nassau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Hoag Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Sliters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Luther
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Brainard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- West Stephentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown
- Averill Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- West Sand Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Greenbush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Glenmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coeymans
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beckers Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Bethlehem Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Selkirk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Normansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Ravena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Menands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Delmar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Loudonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Aquetuck
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Riders Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- North Chatham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Niverville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Chatham Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Rock City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Valatie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- New Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- Canaan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kinderhook
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chatham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Moorhouse Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner
- Canaan Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Coxsackie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Surprise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Leeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Norton Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Catskill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Woodstock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Waterford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Clifton Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Mechanicville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Coons
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Willow Glen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Elnora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Stillwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Jonesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Round Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Niskayuna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Rotterdam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Schenectady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alplaus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Glenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Scotia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Stoodley Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Duane Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Rynex Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Washington County
- Crandall Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Hancock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- Shaker Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Stevens Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- New Ashford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Pittsfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
- West Stockbridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Lanesborough
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lanesborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,925 people
- Berkshire
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Berkshire is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Coltsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Coltsville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltsville
- Lenox
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lenox is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
- Rockdale Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Farnams
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Farnams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnams
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Pownal Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Pownal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Stamford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Morey Park, see our County-by-County Page for Morey Park.
Cemeteries Near Morey Park ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Morey Park.
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 Morey Park - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Morey Park covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Nassau - Schodack Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau - Schodack Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nassau - Schodack Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Nassau.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65404 <2>
- Clarks Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Tucker Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Chatham Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Larkin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Valatie Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Albany Muslim Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rensselaer Rural Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (450 more) ...
- Nicoll - Sill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicoll - Sill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nicoll - Sill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Selkirk.
- The Nicoll - Sill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nicoll - Sill Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2452555 <2>
- Mull Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
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>
While we didn't find Morey Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Morey Park.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Morey Park, with the one closest to Morey Park listed first.
- Nassau
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- East Schodack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Nassau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Nassau
- Schodack Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Riders Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- East Nassau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Hoag Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- Luther
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Sliters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- South Schodack
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Malden Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Brainard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rayville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rayville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayville
- West Stephentown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Morey Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Morey Park.
Newspapers Published in Morey Park ...
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 116 newspapers that have been published in the area around Morey Park.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Morey Park, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Morey Park.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Morey Park:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Rensselaer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Washington County
- Berkshire County
- Bennington 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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Morey Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Morey Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |