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 Ruback Camp (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 Ruback Camp. 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 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.
Ruback Camp is located in Saratoga 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 Saratoga County: Albany, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Warren & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Ruback Camp. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Ruback Camp:
- Saratoga County (The home county of Ruback Camp)
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Galway
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mosherville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Hagedorns Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- West Charlton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Birchton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Rock City Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Charlton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Milton Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Factory Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Factory Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
- Milton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Fullers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Lisha Kill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Altamont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Guilderland
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Knox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Colonie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Latham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Cohoes
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Newtonville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Mills Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Union Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Broadalbin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- North Broadalbin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Cranberry Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Mayfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Progress
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Berkshire
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Jackson Summit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Gloversville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Northville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Benson
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Arietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Wells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Herkimer County
- Fort Plain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Hagaman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harrower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Wallins Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Rockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Amsterdam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cranesville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Johnson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tribes Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Auriesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fonda
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Schaghticoke
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Valley Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lansingburgh
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Johnsonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sycaway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Troy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Albia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Raymertown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Glenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pattersonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rotterdam Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Stoodley Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- East Glenville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Mariaville Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rynex Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Scotia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Alplaus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Aqueduct
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Esperance
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Central Bridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gallupville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Schoharie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Howes Cave
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Lake Luzerne
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- West Glens Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- West Glens Falls is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Glens Falls
- Stony Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Glens Falls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Archdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Fly Summit
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Greenwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Fort Edward
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- North Greenwich
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Greenwich
- South Argyle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- South Argyle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Argyle
- Hudson Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Ruback Camp, see our County-by-County Page for Ruback Camp.
Cemeteries Near Ruback Camp ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ruback Camp.
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 Ruback Camp - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Ruback Camp covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Galway Village Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- West Galway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Community Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Foster Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Hagadorn Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Allen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- West Charlton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bliss Road Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Barkersville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Old Hagaman Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (442 more) ...
- Hagaman Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dodds Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Welch Road Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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.<2>
While we didn't find Ruback Camp in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ruback Camp.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Ruback Camp, with the one closest to Ruback Camp listed first.
- Galway
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- North Galway
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- North Galway is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Galway
- Hagedorns Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Mosherville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Mills Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- West Charlton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Barkersville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Barkersville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barkersville
- Birchton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- East Galway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- East Galway is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Galway
- Union Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Glenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- West Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Milton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Milton
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Broadalbin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perth
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Rockton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Ruback Camp. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ruback Camp.
Newspapers Published in Ruback Camp ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ruback Camp.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ruback Camp, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ruback Camp.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Ruback Camp:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saratoga County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Warren County
- Washington 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 Ruback Camp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Ruback Camp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |