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 Nassau (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 Nassau. 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 Nassau ...
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 Nassau: N. Nassau
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
North Nassau 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 North Nassau. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to North Nassau:
- Rensselaer County (The home county of North Nassau)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Hoag Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- West Stephentown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown
- Averill Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sliters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- East Nassau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Sand Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Schodack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- West Sand Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nassau
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Luther
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Brainard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Glenmont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Menands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Green Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Loudonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watervliet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Beckers Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- Normansville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Selkirk
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Newtonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coeymans
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Riders Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- North Chatham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Chatham Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Niverville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Concord
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- Rock City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Canaan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valatie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Canaan Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Canaan Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Chatham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Coxsackie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Medway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Surprise
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Leeds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Norton Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- South Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Woodstock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Waterford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halfmoon Beach
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clifton Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Stillwater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Coons
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Elnora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Country Knolls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Jonesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Niskayuna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Schenectady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Alplaus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rotterdam
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Glenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Scotia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stoodley Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Princetown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- Center White Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Center Cambridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- North Easton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- White Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- 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 Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Hancock
(11 miles [17.7 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- New Ashford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Lanesborough
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Lanesborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,925 people
- Richmond
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Stevens Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Pittsfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
- Berkshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Berkshire is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Farnams
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Farnams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnams
- Coltsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Coltsville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltsville
- Cheshire
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cheshire is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Town Crest Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Town Crest Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Crest Village
- Franklin County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Monroe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Monroe is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
- Population from the 2020 Census: 115 people
- West Hawley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- West Hawley is located in Franklin County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hawley
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Pownal Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Pownal
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- Old Bennington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Bennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Bennington
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paper Mill Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Stamford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stamford is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Stamford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Bennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- South Shaftsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Woodford Hollow
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to North Nassau, see our County-by-County Page for North Nassau.
Cemeteries Near North Nassau ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Nassau.
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 Nassau - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for North Nassau covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Tucker Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Larkin Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Clarks Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nassau - Schodack Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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<3> to the southwest of Nassau.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65404 <2>
- Garfield Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Brookside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Albany Muslim Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- North Chatham Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (445 more) ...
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Fifty Six Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
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.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that North Nassau had a population of 172 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from North Nassau, with the one closest to North Nassau listed first.
- Hoag Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- East Nassau
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- West Stephentown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Stephentown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stephentown
- Sliters
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Averill Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- East Schodack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sand Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- West Sand Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Luther
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Schodack Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Riders Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Brainard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stephentown Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Stephentown Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephentown Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around North Nassau. See our List of 1890's Communities around North Nassau.
Newspapers Published in North Nassau ...
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 178 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Nassau.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Nassau, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Nassau.
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 North Nassau:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Rensselaer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Washington County
- Berkshire County
- Franklin County
- Bennington 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- North Nassau) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Nassau, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |