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 Pulvers Corners (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 Pulvers Corners. 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 Pulvers Corners ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Pulvers Corners: Pulvers Cors.
- While the name of this community is Pulvers Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Pulvers Corners may originally have been Pulver's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Pulvers Corners might be written as Pulver Corners.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Pulvers Corners is located in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County: Fairfield (CT), Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Columbia, Orange, Putnam & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Pulvers Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pulvers Corners:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Pulvers Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Bethel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Irondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Pine Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Spencer Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Millerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smithfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Mount Ross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Amenia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bangall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Jackson Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Leedsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Leedsville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leedsville
- Stanfordville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Ancramdale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ancram
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Silvernails
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Weed Mines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- Copake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Copake Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Copake Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- Elizaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Taghkanic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Taghkanic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Craryville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Catskill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Athens
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Kiskatom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Leeds
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Palenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Coxsackie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Clove
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- South Cairo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Cairo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Haines Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Malden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- East Kingston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Glasco
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lake Katrine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ponck Hockie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
- Port Ewen
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saugerties
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Connelly
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kingston
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Mount Marion Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Sherman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Ore Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Lakeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Taconic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Amesville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Lime Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Twin Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Falls Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Mount Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Ashley Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Sheffield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Clayton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Egremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- South Egremont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Gomorrah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- Egremont Plain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- North Egremont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Great Barrington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Mill River
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
- Alford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Hampden County (MA)
- Tolland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tolland is located in Hampden County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 506 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pulvers Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Pulvers Corners.
Cemeteries Near Pulvers Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pulvers Corners.
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 Pulvers Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pulvers Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Bryan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Irondale Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- The Square Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ancram Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ancram Old Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Smithfield Burying Grounds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Amenia Island Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Copake Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Copake Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (267 more) ...
- Stanford Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford Cemetery
- The Stanford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Standfordville United Church of Christ Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66374 <3>
- Bolland District Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chapinville Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 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.<5>
While we didn't find Pulvers Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pulvers Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pulvers Corners, with the one closest to Pulvers Corners listed first.
- Bethel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Shekomeko
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Shekomeko is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shekomeko
- Irondale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Mount Riga
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mount Riga is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Riga
- Pine Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Millerton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Attlebury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Attlebury is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attlebury
- Ancram
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gallatinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gallatinville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatinville
- Silvernails
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Stissing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stissing is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stissing
- Smithfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ore Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Boston Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Boston Corner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston Corner
- Mount Ross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pulvers Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pulvers Corners.
Newspapers Published in Pulvers Corners ...
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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pulvers Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pulvers Corners, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pulvers Corners.
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 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 Pulvers Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Ulster County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire County
- Hampden County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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> | 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- Pulvers Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Pulvers Corners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |