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 Root Center (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 Root Center. 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 Root Center ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Root Center: Root Ctr. (or less commonly used: Root Cen., Root Cent. or Root Cntr.)
You might see Root Centre instead of Root Center.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 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.
Root Center is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Fulton, Herkimer, Otsego, Schenectady & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Root Center. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Root Center:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Root Center)
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Lykers
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Flat Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Randall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Ames
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Canajoharie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Palatine Bridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Buel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Buel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Fonda
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nelliston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sprout Brook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Knox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Berne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Fullers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- South Berne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
- Meadowdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Rensselaerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Reidsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Reidsville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
- Guilderland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartmans Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- New Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Simpsonville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Simpsonville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsonville
- Harpersfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stamford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Kortright
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Kortright is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kortright
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Sammonsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Ephratah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Johnstown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Garoga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Lassellsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Meco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Rockwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Berkshire
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Progress
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Perth
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Crum Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
- Hamilton County
- Arietta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Fort Plain
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Deck
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Paines Hollow
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Dolgeville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Little Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cullen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- Edicks
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- Jacksonburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Salisbury Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Center Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- South Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Cherry Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Calcutta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Pleasant Brook
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Roseboom
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Decatur
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Middle Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Middlefield Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Middlefield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Center
- Springfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Middlefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Springfield Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- West Charlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Hagedorns Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Charlton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Galway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Birchton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Mosherville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Burnt Hills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Braman Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Delanson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Duanesburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Mariaville Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Duane Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Pattersonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Princetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Glenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rotterdam Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Argusville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Sharon Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lawyersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Leesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Janesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Seward
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Cobleskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Central Bridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howes Cave
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Esperance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Warnerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Root Center, see our County-by-County Page for Root Center.
Cemeteries Near Root Center ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Root Center.
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 Root Center - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Root Center covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Lykers Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Haight Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Currytown Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Argusville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Christian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friends Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Olmstead Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Flanders Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Carlisle Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Continue List (504 more) ...
- Mapletown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ball Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bellinger Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Root Center in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Root Center.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Root Center, with the one closest to Root Center listed first.
- Lykers
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Flat Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Rural Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rural Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Grove
- Currytown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Currytown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Argusville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Carlisle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Charleston Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Sprakers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Center is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Center
- Charleston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Charleston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
- Randall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Yosts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Yosts is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosts
- Ames
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sharon Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Root Center. See our List of 1890's Communities around Root Center.
Newspapers Published in Root Center ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Root Center.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Root Center, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Root Center.
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 Root Center:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Delaware County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie 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> | 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 Root Center, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Root Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |