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 Roah Hook (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 Roah Hook. 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 northwest 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 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.
Roah Hook is located in Albany 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 Albany County: Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Roah Hook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roah Hook:
- Albany County (The home county of Roah Hook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Coeymans
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ravena
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Aquetuck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Selkirk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- South Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Coeymans Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Feura Bush
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Alcove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Glenmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Delmar
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Kinderhook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Niverville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Valatie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- North Chatham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Rossman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rossman is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
- Chatham Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Riders Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Chatham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Stottville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ghent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Moorhouse Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner
- Dutchess County
- Tivoli
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Medway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Coxsackie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Surprise
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gayhead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Athens
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Norton Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Leeds
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Cairo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Woodstock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Woodstock is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Jefferson Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Greenbush
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nassau
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Hampton Manor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- East Schodack
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Couse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Luther
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Rensselaer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Best
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Sliters
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Waterford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Clifton Park
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elnora
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Burnt Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Jonesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Mechanicville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Coons
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Willow Glen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Niskayuna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rotterdam
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Schenectady
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Duane Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Princetown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Aqueduct
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Scotia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Duanesburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Alplaus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- East Glenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Delanson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Bates
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bates is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
- Livingstonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
- Gallupville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Franklinton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
- Manorkill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
- Broome Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Broome Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome Center
- Middleburgh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Schoharie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Esperance
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Malden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Quarryville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Saugerties
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Richmond
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Shaker Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- West Stockbridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
- Hancock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- Stevens Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Rockdale Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Alford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Glendale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Housatonic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- North Egremont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Lenox
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lenox is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenox
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,933 people
- Pittsfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roah Hook, see our County-by-County Page for Roah Hook.
Cemeteries Near Roah Hook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roah Hook.
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 Roah Hook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Roah Hook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Coeymans.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64729 <2>
- St. Patrick's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Patrick's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Patrick's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Coeymans.
- The St. Patrick's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Patrick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66143 <2>
- Requea Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Mull Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Chestnut Lawn Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Van Zandt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Waldron Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waldron Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Ravena.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66626 <2>
- Coeymans Hollow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Nicoll - Sill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicoll - Sill Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Nicoll - Sill Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Selkirk.
- The Nicoll - Sill Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nicoll - Sill Burying Ground
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2452555 <2>
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Stanton Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lish Homestead Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (469 more) ...
- Elmwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Elmwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Beckers Corners.
- The Elmwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bethlehem Rural Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64434 <2>
- Sylvandale Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmey 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 Roah Hook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Roah Hook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Roah Hook, with the one closest to Roah Hook listed first.
- Coeymans
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Schodack Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Aquetuck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- New Baltimore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Muitzes Kill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Muitzes Kill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muitzes Kill
- Selkirk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- South Schodack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- South Bethlehem
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Coeymans Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Stuyvesant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Wemple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Wemple is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wemple
- Medway
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Sunnyside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roah Hook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roah Hook.
Newspapers Published in Roah Hook ...
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 320 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roah Hook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roah Hook, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roah Hook.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Roah Hook:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Albany County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Ulster County
- Berkshire 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roah Hook) 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 Roah Hook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |