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 Piercefield (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 Piercefield. 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.
Piercefield is located in Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County: Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis.
Below are the counties that are near Piercefield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Piercefield:
- Saint Lawrence County (The home county of Piercefield)
- The following are listed by their distance from Piercefield, with the one closest to Piercefield listed first.
- Horseshoe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Sevey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
- Cranberry Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Stark
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stark is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Wanakena
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Newton Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Star Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- South Colton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Oswegatchie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Lower Oswegatchie is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Oswegatchie
- Coffins Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Coffins Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffins Mills
- Oswegatchie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Degrasse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Degrasse is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Degrasse
- Clare
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clare is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
- Essex County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piercefield, with the one closest to Piercefield listed first.
- Saranac Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ray Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bloomingdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newcomb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Whiteface
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whiteface is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
- Tahawus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Placid
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- North Elba
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Elba is located in Essex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piercefield, with the one closest to Piercefield listed first.
- Altamont
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Altamont is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Tupper Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Saranac Inn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
- Paul Smiths
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrietstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
- Saint Regis Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Piercefield, with the one closest to Piercefield listed first.
- Blue Mountain Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Raquette Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Herkimer County
- Beaver River
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Piercefield, see our County-by-County Page for Piercefield.
Cemeteries Near Piercefield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Piercefield.
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 Piercefield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Piercefield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Piercefield, with the one closest to Piercefield listed first.
- St. Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Alphonsus Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Beth Joseph Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lakeview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Cranberry Lake Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Holy Name Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Wanakena Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Long Lake Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coulon Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Huberts Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- St. Bernards Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Pine Ridge Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brighton Memorial Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Piercefield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Piercefield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Piercefield, with the one closest to Piercefield listed first.
- Gale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gale is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
- Tupper Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Childwold
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sevey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sevey is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevey
- Hollywood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hollywood is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Cranberry Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Saranac Inn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
- Stark
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stark is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stark
- Long Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Paul Smiths
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Benson Mines
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Benson Mines is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson Mines
- Saranac Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Harrietstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
- Ray Brook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Spring Cove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spring Cove is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Piercefield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piercefield.
Newspapers Published in Piercefield ...
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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Piercefield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Piercefield, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Piercefield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Piercefield:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saint Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Essex County
- Franklin County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer 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 '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- Piercefield) 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 Piercefield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |