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 North Bethlehem (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 North Bethlehem. 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 North Bethlehem ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for North Bethlehem: N. Bethlehem
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 hospitals and 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.
North Bethlehem is located in Albany 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 Albany County: Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near North Bethlehem. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Bethlehem:
- Albany County (The home county of North Bethlehem)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Westmere
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Roessleville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Slingerlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- West Albany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Colonie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Delmar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Normansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Albany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Guilderland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmans Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- New Scotland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Scotland is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
- Voorheesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- North Chatham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Niverville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Valatie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Kinderhook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Rock City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Rossman
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Chatham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Concord
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- Canaan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Perth
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Mills Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Medway
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Surprise
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Greenville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Coxsackie
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Norton Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Gayhead
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Oak Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cairo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cornwallville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Athens
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Burtonsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Cranesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Hagaman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Wallins Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Fort Johnson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Auriesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tribes Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Rensselaer
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hampton Manor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Defreestville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Couse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Albia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Troy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- East Greenbush
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wyantskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
- Wynantskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Luther
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Halfmoon Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Groom Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Waterford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Halfmoon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Clifton Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Elnora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Burnt Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jonesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Coons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Country Knolls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Round Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mechanicville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Niskayuna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Rotterdam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schenectady
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Scotia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alplaus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Princetown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- East Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Duane Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Duanesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Rynex Corners
(15 miles [24.1 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 North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Gallupville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Esperance
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Schoharie
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Livingstonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Franklinton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Central Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Middleburgh
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Howes Cave
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Broome Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Breakabeen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- Greenbush
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Center Cambridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Fly Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Hancock
(28 miles [45.1 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Bethlehem, see our County-by-County Page for North Bethlehem.
Cemeteries Near North Bethlehem ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Bethlehem.
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 North Bethlehem - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Bethlehem covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Ohav Shalom Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohav Shalom Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ohav Shalom Cemetery is located in Albany.
- The Ohav Shalom Cemetery has also been known as:
- Congregation Ohav Shalom Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2378774 <2>
- Albany Hebrew Tailors Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #1
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hebrew Farmers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Workmen's Circle Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Evangelical Protestant Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evangelical Protestant Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evangelical Protestant Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Albany.
- The Evangelical Protestant Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- German Evanelical Cemetery
- German Evanelical Protestant Cemetery
- Hurstville Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2214452 <2>
- Eagle Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Eagle Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Albany.
- The Eagle Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Pauls Cemetery
- Second Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1350323 <2>
- Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #3
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Independeent Benevolent Society Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #2
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #2
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #2 is located in Albany.
- The Beth Abraham - Jacob Cemetery #2 has also been known as:
- Beth El Jacob Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2363945 <2>
- Jewish People's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Christian LaGrange Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (512 more) ...
- Our Lady of Angels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bethlehem Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bethlehem Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Delmar.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63976 <2>
- Graceland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graceland Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Graceland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Albany.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64682 <2>
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 North Bethlehem in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Bethlehem.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Bethlehem, with the one closest to North Bethlehem listed first.
- Slingerlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Delmar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Normansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- West Albany
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Karner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Karner is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karner
- Voorheesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Scotland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- New Scotland is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Scotland
- Albany
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Guilderland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lisha Kill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Bethlehem Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Glenmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Loudonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Newtonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shakers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakers
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Bethlehem. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Bethlehem.
Newspapers Published in North Bethlehem ...
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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Bethlehem.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Bethlehem, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Bethlehem.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 North Bethlehem:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Albany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Fulton County
- Greene County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Washington County
- Berkshire 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> | 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 North Bethlehem, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Bethlehem) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |