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 Muitzes Kill (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 Muitzes Kill. 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 Muitzes Kill ...
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.
While the name of this community is Muitzes Kill, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Muitzes Kill may originally have been Muitze's Kill.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Muitzes Kill might be written as Muitze Kill.
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 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.
Muitzes Kill 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 Muitzes Kill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Muitzes Kill:
- Rensselaer County (The home county of Muitzes Kill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Schodack Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Nassau
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Schodack
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Greenbush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Couse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Hampton Manor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Luther
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Sliters
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Brainard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- East Nassau
(11 miles [17.7 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
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Coeymans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ravena
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Selkirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Aquetuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Beckers Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- South Bethlehem
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Coeymans Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Glenmont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Alcove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Feura Bush
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Normansville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Delmar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Niverville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Chatham
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Kinderhook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Valatie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Riders Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Rock City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Rossman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Chatham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ghent
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Concord
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Moorhouse Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner
- Dutchess County
- Tivoli
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Coxsackie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Surprise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Gayhead
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Leeds
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Woodstock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Norton Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Cairo Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Waterford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Clifton Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elnora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Mechanicville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Country Knolls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Jonesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Willow Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Niskayuna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rotterdam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Schenectady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Princetown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Alplaus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Duane Lake
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Scotia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Glenville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Duanesburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Delanson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Bates
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Livingstonville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Gallupville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Manorkill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Quarryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Malden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Saugerties
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Richmond
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Shaker Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- West Stockbridge
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Hancock
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Stevens Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Rockdale Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Alford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Glendale
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Lenox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lenox is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
- Pittsfield
(24 miles [38.6 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
- Housatonic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- North Egremont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Stockbridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,883 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Muitzes Kill, see our County-by-County Page for Muitzes Kill.
Cemeteries Near Muitzes Kill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Muitzes Kill.
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 Muitzes Kill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Muitzes Kill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Grove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Coeymans.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64729 <3>
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patrick's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Coeymans.
- The St. Patrick's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patrick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66143 <3>
- Requea Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Van Zandt Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mull Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chestnut Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nicoll - Sill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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<4> 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 <3>
- Valatie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waldron Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waldron Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the north of Ravena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66626 <3>
- Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Chatham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (448 more) ...
- Lish Homestead Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Firwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Nassau - Schodack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- 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<4> to the southwest of Nassau.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65404 <3>
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Muitzes Kill had a population of 90 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Muitzes Kill, with the one closest to Muitzes Kill listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- South Schodack
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Baltimore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coeymans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Niverville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Aquetuck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Kinderhook
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Valatie
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Schodack Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Selkirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stuyvesant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (22 more) ...
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Nassau
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beckers Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Muitzes Kill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Muitzes Kill.
Newspapers Published in Muitzes Kill ...
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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Muitzes Kill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Muitzes Kill, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Muitzes Kill.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Muitzes Kill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Rensselaer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Berkshire County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Muitzes Kill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Muitzes Kill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |