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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 Rye Brook (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 Rye Brook. 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 Rye Brook ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Rye Brook: Rye Brk.

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.

Cemeteries Near Rye Brook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rye Brook.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rye Brook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rye Brook, with the one closest to Rye Brook listed first.

  • Merritt Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merritt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Merritt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Water Baptist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Baptist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Water Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Water Baptist Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Water Baptist Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Water Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brown Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brown Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Lyon - Rawson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Howe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Howe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Howe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hebrew Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hebrew Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hebrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pecks Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pecks Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pecks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Purchase Friends Meeting Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Haviland Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haviland Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haviland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Union Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Union Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (541 more) ...

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.<3>

While we didn't find Rye Brook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rye Brook.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Rye Brook, with the one closest to Rye Brook listed first.

  • Harrison
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrison have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Harrison is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <4>
  • Glenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenville
    • Glenville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Purchase
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Port Chester
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Rye
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye
    • Rye is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rye <4>
  • Greenwich
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • White Plains
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Cos Cob
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Scarsdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scarsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scarsdale
    • Scarsdale is located in Westchester County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scarsdale <4>
  • Mianus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mianus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mianus
    • Mianus is located in Fairfield County (CT)
  • Valhalla
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartsdale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Armonk
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Mamaroneck
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elmsford
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elmsford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmsford
      • Elmsford is located in Westchester County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,193 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elmsford <4>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rye Brook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rye Brook.

Newspapers Published in Rye Brook ...

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 153 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rye Brook.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rye Brook, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rye Brook.

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 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 Rye Brook:

The official website for Rye Brook: www.ryebrook.org/

The official website for Westchester County: www.westchestergov.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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>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 Rye Brook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rye Brook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rye Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0302, Longitude: -73.6864       In this case, the coordinates for Rye Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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