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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about New Britain. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added New Britain to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Britain, please Contact Us.

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 New Britain (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 New Britain. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of New Britain is historic, it would have been located within present day Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.

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

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

Cemeteries Near New Britain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of New Britain.

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 New Britain covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • The Maples Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Maples Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Maples Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gilbert Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Canaan Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canaan Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canaan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cornwall - Tilden Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cornwall - Tilden Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cornwall - Tilden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lovejoy - Beebe Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lovejoy - Beebe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lovejoy - Beebe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cemetery of the Evergreens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mott Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mott Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mott Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Red Rock Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Rock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Flatbrook Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • North Chatham Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Chatham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Chatham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (376 more) ...

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.

While we didn't find New Britain in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of New Britain.

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

  • Brainard
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • West Lebanon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
    • West Lebanon is located in Columbia County
  • Rayville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rayville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayville
    • Rayville is located in Columbia County
  • Old Chatham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Chatham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Chatham
    • Old Chatham is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Old Chatham <3>
  • East Chatham
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Chatham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Chatham
    • East Chatham is located in Columbia County
  • Canaan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Lebanon Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lebanon Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon Center
    • New Lebanon Center is located in Columbia County
  • Riders Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • New Concord
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Malden Bridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malden Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden Bridge
    • Malden Bridge is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malden Bridge <3>
  • Canaan Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • New Lebanon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lebanon
    • New Lebanon is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Lebanon <3>
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • East Nassau
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Nassau have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
      • East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
    • Chatham Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Rock
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in New Britain ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around New Britain.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of New Britain, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for New Britain.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 New Britain:

The official website for Columbia County: www.columbiacountyny.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 New Britain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>The Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) has created and maintains a database of historic properties that is called MACRIS (for the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System). More information about the MHC and MACRIS can be found on their website: mhc-macris.net.

When visiting the MACRIS website, you might encounter their page requiring the 'Acceptance of Terms'. With your acceptance, you'll be transfered to the desired page.

<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New Britain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in New Britain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4568, Longitude: -73.4950       In this case, the coordinates for New Britain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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