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 Red Mills (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 Red Mills. 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 Red Mills ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Red Mills: Red Mls. (or less commonly used: Red Mlls.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Red Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Red Mills.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Red Mills 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 Red Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Red Mills:
- Ulster County (The home county of Red Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Dwaarkill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Rutsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Bruynswick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Crawford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Ulsterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Wallkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Walker Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Hurley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Cragsmoor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cragsmoor is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cragsmoor
- Gardiner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sylva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Ellenville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Crown Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Beacon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hughsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Poughkeepsie
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Wappingers Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Groveville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Arlington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Glenham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Beacon Hills
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Fishkill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hyde Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Pine Bush
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Searsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Walden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Andrew
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Leptondale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Maybrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Orange Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Campbell Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Michigan Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Michigan Corners is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Corners
- Stony Ford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Stony Ford is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Ford
- Cronomer Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Scotchtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Cold Spring
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Garrison
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Continental Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Farmers Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Putnam Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Tompkins Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Mahopac Mines
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Rockland County
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Summitville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bloomingburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wurtsboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Yankee Lake is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Glen Wild
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Woodridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Thompsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Woodbourne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Fallsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grahamsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Curry
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Curry is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Peekskill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Buchanan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Verplanck
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sussex County (NJ)
- Vernon Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Vernon Valley is located in Sussex County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Valley
- Pike County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Matamoras
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millrift
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Millrift is located in Pike County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millrift
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Red Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Red Mills.
Cemeteries Near Red Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Red Mills.
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 Red Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Red Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Howell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bruynswick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mulford Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Brick Reformed Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- New Hurley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wallkill Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Harrison Meeting House Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Montgomery.
- The Goodwill Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Goodwill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #173116 <3>
- Berea Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Berea Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the east of Montgomery.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #63961 <3>
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 Red Mills in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Red Mills.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Red Mills, with the one closest to Red Mills listed first.
- Pine Bush
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dwaarkill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dwaarkill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwaarkill
- Ulsterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ulsterville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulsterville
- Van Keuren
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Van Keuren is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Keuren
- Bruynswick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bruynswick is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruynswick
- Rutsonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rutsonville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutsonville
- Crawford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crawford is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
- Searsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Wallkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Thompson Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Burlingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Walden
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Hurley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Bullville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bullville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Red Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Red Mills.
Newspapers Published in Red Mills ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Red Mills, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Red Mills.
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 Red Mills:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ulster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Westchester County
- Sussex County
- Pike 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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Red Mills) 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 Red Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |