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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 North Lindenhurst (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 Lindenhurst. 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 Lindenhurst ...

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 North Lindenhurst: N. Lindenhurst

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 and hospitals 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 Lindenhurst is located in Suffolk County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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

  • Suffolk County     (The home county of North Lindenhurst)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Lindenhurst, with the one closest to North Lindenhurst listed first.
    • West Babylon
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • West Babylon is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Babylon
    • Lindenhurst
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Wyandanch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • East Farmingdale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • East Farmingdale is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Farmingdale
    • Amityville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Copiague
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • North Amityville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • North Amityville is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Amityville
    • Babylon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • North Babylon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • North Babylon is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Babylon
    • West Islip
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • West Islip is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Islip
    • Wheatley Heights
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Amity Harbor
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Amity Harbor is located in Suffolk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity Harbor
    • Deer Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bronx County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Lindenhurst, with the one closest to North Lindenhurst listed first.
    • City Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • City Island is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
    • Locust Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Locust Point is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
    • Throggs Neck
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
    • Eastchester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Eastchester is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastchester
    • Bronx
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bronx is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
      • Bronx has also been known as:
      • Bronx
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <1>
    • Williams Bridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Williams Bridge is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Bridge
    • Fordham
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Fordham is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordham
    • Kings Bridge
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
    • Concourse Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Concourse Village is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concourse Village
    • Riverdale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Spuyten Duyvil
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Spuyten Duyvil is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spuyten Duyvil
  • Kings County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Lindenhurst, with the one closest to North Lindenhurst listed first.
    • Canarsie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Canarsie is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canarsie
    • Marcus Garvey Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Brownsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Brownsville is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Bushwick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bushwick is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushwick
    • Weeksville ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Weeksville is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weeksville
    • Brooklyn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Flatlands
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Flatlands is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatlands
    • Greenpoint
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Greenpoint is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
    • Flatbush
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Flatbush is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
    • Sheepshead Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay
    • Williamsburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Williamsburg is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Nassau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Lindenhurst, with the one closest to North Lindenhurst listed first.
    • Farmingdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • South Farmingdale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • South Farmingdale is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Farmingdale
    • East Massapequa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • East Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Massapequa
    • Massapequa Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Massapequa
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • North Massapequa is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Massapequa
    • Old Bethpage
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Biltmore Shores
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Biltmore Shores is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Shores
    • Massapequa
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bethpage
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Plainedge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
    • Plainview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Harbor Green
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
    • North Wantagh
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • North Wantagh is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Wantagh
  • New York County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Lindenhurst, with the one closest to North Lindenhurst listed first.
    • Delano Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Delano Village is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delano Village
    • East Harlem
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • East Harlem is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Harlem
    • Harlem
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Harlem is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlem
    • Inwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Inwood is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Seneca Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Seneca Village is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Village
    • Washington Heights
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Washington Heights is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Heights
    • Yorkville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Yorkville is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
  • Queens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Lindenhurst, with the one closest to North Lindenhurst listed first.
    • Little Neck
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Rosedale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Douglaston
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Queens Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Far Rockaway
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bayside
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Hollis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Rochdale Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Rochdale Village is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochdale Village
    • Bayswater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bayswater is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayswater
    • Jamaica
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Queens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Beechhurst
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Beechhurst is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beechhurst
    • Morris Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Morris Park is located in Queens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris Park
  • Westchester County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Lindenhurst, with the one closest to North Lindenhurst listed first.
    • Milton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Milton is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Harrison
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Larchmont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Mamaroneck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Chester
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rye
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Rye is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <1>
    • New Rochelle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Pelham Manor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eastchester
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pelham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pelham is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,917 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pelham <1>
    • Mount Vernon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rye Brook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bronxville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Lindenhurst, with the one closest to North Lindenhurst listed first.
    • Shippan Point
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Shippan Point is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippan Point
    • Darien
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Darien is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darien
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,693 people
    • Old Greenwich
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Noroton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Noroton is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton
    • Rowayton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Belle Haven
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Belle Haven is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Haven
    • Cos Cob
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Darien
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Glenbrook
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Glenbrook is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
    • Noroton Heights
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Noroton Heights is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noroton Heights
    • Stamford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stamford <1>
    • Greenwich
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
    • Greenwich
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near North Lindenhurst ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Lindenhurst.

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 Lindenhurst - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • New Montefiore Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mt. Ararat Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Wellwood Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Trinity Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Brunn - Greene Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Breslau Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • St. John's Catholic Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Beth Moses Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Amityville Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Brewster Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Payne Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (310 more) ...
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pinelawn Memorial Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinelawn Memorial Park
      • The Pinelawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
      • Pine Lawn Memorial Park
      • Pinelawn Cemetery
      • Pinelawn Memorial Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #174076 <2>
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Lindenhurst
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Amityville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyandanch
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Babylon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Deer Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Melville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bay Shore
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Brentwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Islip
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Elwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Elwood is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
  • Central Islip
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Commack
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in North Lindenhurst ...

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 262 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Lindenhurst.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Lindenhurst, 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 Lindenhurst.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 North Lindenhurst:

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 Lindenhurst, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Lindenhurst) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.