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 Oakwood Terrace (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 Oakwood Terrace. 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 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.
Oakwood Terrace is located in Saratoga 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 Saratoga County: Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Warren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Oakwood Terrace. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oakwood Terrace:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Oakwood Terrace)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Ballston Spa
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Factory Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Factory Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
- Milton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Milton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Ballston Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Milton Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Malta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Riley Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riley Cove is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley Cove
- Round Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Country Knolls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Harmony Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Birchton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Lisha Kill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Cohoes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Latham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Colonie
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Green Island
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Hartmans Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Newtonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Watervliet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Guilderland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Loudonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Roessleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Westmere
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Mills Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Perth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Broadalbin
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Northville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Progress
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Jackson Summit
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Berkshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Johnstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Benson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Cranesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hagaman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Wallins Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fort Johnson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Fonda
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Randall
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Schaghticoke
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Johnsonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Sycaway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Raymertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Troy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Buskirk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Albia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Pittstown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Boyntonville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boyntonville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyntonville
- Brunswick
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Alplaus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Glenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Stoodley Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Aqueduct
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Glenville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rotterdam Junction
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Scotia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Schenectady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pattersonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Niskayuna
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rotterdam
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rynex Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- 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 Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Esperance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gallupville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Lake Luzerne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Glens Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Queensbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Lake George
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Stony Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Archdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Fly Summit
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Greenwich
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Center Cambridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- North Greenwich
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- Battenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Coila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- South Argyle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Center White Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Fort Edward
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Argyle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington County (VT)
- North Bennington
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oakwood Terrace, see our County-by-County Page for Oakwood Terrace.
Cemeteries Near Oakwood Terrace ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oakwood Terrace.
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 Oakwood Terrace - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oakwood Terrace covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ballston Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Briggs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Malta Ridge West Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Factory Village Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hubbell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dunning Street Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Malta Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South Milton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- East Line Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Munger Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (456 more) ...
- West Milton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jonesville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Oakwood Terrace in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oakwood Terrace.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oakwood Terrace, with the one closest to Oakwood Terrace listed first.
- Ballston Spa
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- East Line
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- East Line is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Line
- Ballston Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Malta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Milton Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Round Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maltaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maltaville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltaville
- Jonesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Rock City Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Milton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Milton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Burnt Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elnora
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ushers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ushers is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ushers
- Birchton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Charlton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oakwood Terrace. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oakwood Terrace.
Newspapers Published in Oakwood Terrace ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oakwood Terrace.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oakwood Terrace, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oakwood Terrace.
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 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 Oakwood Terrace:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Warren County
- Washington 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> | 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 Oakwood Terrace, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Oakwood Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |