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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 Mountain Lodge (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 Mountain Lodge. 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 Mountain Lodge ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mountain Lodge: Mountain Ldg. (or less commonly used: Mountain Ldge.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain Lodge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain Lodge.

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 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.

Mountain Lodge is located in Herkimer 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 Herkimer County: Fulton, Hamilton, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego & Saint Lawrence.

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

  • Herkimer County     (The home county of Mountain Lodge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Lodge, with the one closest to Mountain Lodge listed first.
    • Thendara
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Thendara is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thendara
    • Beaver River
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Northwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Northwood is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwood
    • Grant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Grant is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
    • Gray
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Gray is located in Herkimer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
  • Hamilton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Lodge, with the one closest to Mountain Lodge listed first.
    • Inlet
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Raquette Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Morehouseville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
    • Blue Mountain Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Piseco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Speculator
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Sabael
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Lodge, with the one closest to Mountain Lodge listed first.
    • Number Four
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Number Four is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
    • Lyonsdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
    • Crystal Dale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
    • Greig
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Lyons Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Petries Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
    • Port Leyden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Collinsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
    • Glendale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Turin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Belfort
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Belfort is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belfort
    • East Martinsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • East Martinsburg is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Martinsburg
    • Watson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Watson is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain Lodge, with the one closest to Mountain Lodge listed first.
    • Woodgate
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Boonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Redmond Corner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Redmond Corner is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmond Corner
    • Remsen
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Prospect
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Saint Lawrence County

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

Cemeteries Near Mountain Lodge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain Lodge.

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 Mountain Lodge - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Riverview Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodgate Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Brantingham Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Wildwood Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Sands Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Catholic Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Beechwood Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheelertown Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Spruce Hill Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wetmore Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Burdicks Crossing Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • Collinsville Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hayes Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Turin Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Old Forge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Minnehaha
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Minnehaha is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
  • Raquette Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Number Four
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Number Four is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Number Four
  • Brantingham
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lyonsdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
  • Crystal Dale
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
  • Greig
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Lyons Falls
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Port Leyden
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Hawkinsville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hawkinsville is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
  • Forestport
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Morehouseville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Morehouseville is located in Hamilton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehouseville
    • Petries Corners
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Petries Corners is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petries Corners
    • Collinsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Collinsville is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville

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

Newspapers Published in Mountain Lodge ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Lodge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain Lodge, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain Lodge.

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 helpful 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 Mountain Lodge:

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 Mountain Lodge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mountain Lodge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.