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 Pine Grove (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 Pine Grove. 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 Pine Grove ...
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 Pine Grove: Pine Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove.
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.
Pine Grove is located in Schoharie 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 Schoharie County: Albany, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego & Schenectady.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Grove:
- Schoharie County (The home county of Pine Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Franklinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Livingstonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Bates
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Middleburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Broome Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Breakabeen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- Gallupville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Schoharie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Manorkill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- North Blenheim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Howes Cave
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Rensselaerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Preston Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- Preston - Potter Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- South Berne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
- Cooksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- Berne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Medusa
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Westerlo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- East Berne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Reidsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Reidsville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
- Knox
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Kinderhook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rossman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Valatie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hudson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Grand Gorge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stamford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Roxbury
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harpersfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hobart
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- North Kortright
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- North Kortright is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kortright
- South Kortright
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Simpsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Simpsonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Denver
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Halcottsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bovina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bovina is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
- Fleischmanns
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Oak Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwallville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norton Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brooksburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Brooksburg is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksburg
- Windham
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Red Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Falls is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Falls
- Jewett
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Surprise
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gayhead
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Woodstock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Cairo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Burtonsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Lykers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Flat Creek
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Auriesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cranesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Randall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Ames
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Amsterdam
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fonda
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Johnson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fultonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Buel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Calcutta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- South Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Decatur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Worcester
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Center Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Pleasant Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Schenevus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Westford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roseboom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Schodack Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hampton Manor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Rensselaer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Couse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- East Greenbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Schodack Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- Defreestville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Saratoga County
- Groom Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Delanson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Duanesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Duane Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Braman Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Princetown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Mariaville Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rotterdam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rynex Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Schenectady
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Scotia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Bushnellsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville
- Pine Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Shandaken
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Highmount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Phoenicia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pine Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove.
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 Pine Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Borthwick Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Franklinton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Livingston Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Taylor Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Huntersland Christian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huntersland Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Elmer Cook Farm Burying Ground
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Huntersland School Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Barkman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Livingstonville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crystal Lake Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Rensselaerville.
- The Crystal Lake Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crossroads Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64312 <2>
- Turner Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (534 more) ...
- Barkman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Baptist Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baptist Church Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Rensselaerville.
- The Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Baptist Church Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2312971 <2>
- Armlin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
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 Pine Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pine Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove, with the one closest to Pine Grove listed first.
- Franklinton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Huntersland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Huntersland is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntersland
- Livingstonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Bates
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Broome Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Preston Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rensselaerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Middleburgh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Potter Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
- West Berne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Berne
- Fultonham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Breakabeen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Mackey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
- Cooksburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Cooksburg is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
- South Berne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pine Grove ...
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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Grove.
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 Pine Grove:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Schoharie County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Greene County
- Montgomery County
- Otsego County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Ulster 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Grove) 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 Pine Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |