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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 Plumbrook (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 Plumbrook. 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.

Plumbrook 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 Plumbrook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Plumbrook:

  • Saint Lawrence County     (The home county of Plumbrook)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plumbrook, with the one closest to Plumbrook listed first.
    • Brookdale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
    • Raymondville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • North Stockholm
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
    • Norfolk
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Massena Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
    • Brasher Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Massena
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>
    • Winthrop
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sandfordville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Sandfordville is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandfordville
    • Norwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Norwood is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
    • West Stockholm
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sisson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Plumbrook, with the one closest to Plumbrook listed first.
    • Hogansburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Alburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Alburg is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
    • Moira
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Bombay
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Brushton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • East Dickinson
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
    • Saint Regis Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Covington
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • West Bangor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • West Bangor is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bangor
    • Bangor
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Skerry
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Skerry is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skerry
    • Westville Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Westville Center is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westville Center

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

Cemeteries Near Plumbrook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Plumbrook.

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

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

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

  • Brookdale Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Jenkins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Kent Mill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Kyle Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Visitation Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Richardson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Holmes Hill Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Winthrop Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Peter's RC Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (161 more) ...
    • West Orvis Street Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Calvary Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Adath Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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 Plumbrook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Plumbrook.

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

  • Brookdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Brookdale is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookdale
  • Raymondville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Norfolk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Stockholm
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
  • Massena Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Massena Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena Springs
  • Stockholm Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Stockholm Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockholm Center
  • Winthrop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brasher Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Massena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Massena is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,122 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Massena <1>
  • Louisville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Louisville is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
  • Norwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Norwood is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwood <1>
  • West Stockholm
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Buckton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckton is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckton
    • Chase Mills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sisson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson

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

Newspapers Published in Plumbrook ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Plumbrook.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Plumbrook, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Plumbrook.

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 helpful 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 Plumbrook:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plumbrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Plumbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.