RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New York >> Ulster County >> Pine Hill >> Genealogy HelperIndex...

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 Hill (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 Hill. 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 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.

Pine Hill is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.

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

  • Ulster County     (The home county of Pine Hill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
    • Highmount
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Big Indian
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bushnellsville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Bushnellsville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushnellsville
    • Shandaken
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Oliverea
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Belle Ayr
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Belle Ayr is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ayr
    • Phoenicia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Branch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Branch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Willow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Boiceville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bull Run
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Bull Run is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bull Run
    • West Shokan
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • West Shokan is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shokan
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
    • Potter Hollow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Potter Hollow is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter Hollow
    • Cooksburg
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cooksburg is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksburg
    • Preston - Potter Hollow
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Preston Hollow
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Medusa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
    • Germantown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • North Germantown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • North Germantown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
  • Delaware County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
    • Fleischmanns
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Denver
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Halcottsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Margaretville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • New Kingston
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • New Kingston is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kingston
    • Roxbury
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Arena ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Arena is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arena
    • Grand Gorge
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Bovina
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bovina is located in Delaware County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
    • Andes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Bovina Center
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • South Kortright
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
    • Tivoli
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Cruger Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
    • Rhinecliff
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
    • West Kill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lexington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Spruceton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Spruceton is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
    • Jewett Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jewett Center is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
    • Red Falls
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Red Falls is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Falls
    • Jewett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunter
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Windham
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tannersville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Brooksburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Brooksburg is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksburg
    • Platte Clove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Platte Clove is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
    • Haines Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
    • West Conesville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • West Conesville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Conesville
    • Manorkill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
    • South Jefferson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • South Jefferson is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jefferson
    • Broome Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
    • North Blenheim
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Bates
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Bates is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
    • Livingstonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
    • Breakabeen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Breakabeen is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakabeen
    • Franklinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
  • Sullivan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Hill, with the one closest to Pine Hill listed first.
    • Claryville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Lew Beach
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Lew Beach is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lew Beach
    • Willowemoc
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
    • Curry
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Curry is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
    • Debruce
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Debruce is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Debruce
    • Grahamsville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Neversink
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Aden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Aden is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
    • Beaverkill
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaverkill is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverkill
    • Parkston
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkston is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkston
    • Deckertown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Deckertown is located in Sullivan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
    • Parksville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Pine Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Hill.

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

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

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

  • Baker Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Crosby Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Lake Hill Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Elk Creek Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek Cemetery
    • The Elk Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Gordon Family Cemetery
  • Clovesville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Haynes Cemetery
    • The Haynes Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynes Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2503464 <2>
  • Halcott Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bedell Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Shandaken Rural Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • West Kill Community Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Kill Community Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the West Kill Community Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of West Kill.
    • The West Kill Community Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Westkill Community Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2151995 <2>
  • West Kill Methodist Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Schermerhorn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (258 more) ...
    • Arkville Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Vega Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Parker Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pine Hill had a population of 402 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Highmount
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Big Indian
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fleischmanns
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Halcott Center
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Halcott Center is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halcott Center
  • Oliverea
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shandaken
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Allaben
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Allaben is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allaben
  • Belle Ayr
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Belle Ayr is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Ayr
  • West Kill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Arkville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Halcottsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Margaretville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Branch
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Branch is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
    • Woodland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodland is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
    • Phoenicia
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pine Hill ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Hill.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pine Hill. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pine Hill and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pine Hill.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<4> of Pine Hill.

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 websites either 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 Hill:

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 Pine Hill, 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' (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- Pine Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.