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 Scotch Church (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 Scotch Church. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.
Scotch Church is primarily located in Montgomery County. A portion of Scotch Church extends into Schenectady 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 Scotch Church. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Scotch Church:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Scotch Church)
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Cranesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rockton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Harrower
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Hagaman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wallins Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Fort Johnson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Burtonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Auriesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tribes Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fultonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fonda
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Randall
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Altamont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Knox
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Fullers
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Hartmans Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Lisha Kill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Meadowdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Guilderland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Berne
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Colonie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Voorheesville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- New Salem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Salem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Salem
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Perth
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Broadalbin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Progress
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Union Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Berkshire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Johnstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Broadalbin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Gloversville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mayfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Sammonsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Jackson Summit
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Benson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Herkimer County
- Fort Plain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Otsego County
- Center Valley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Lansingburgh
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Troy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- 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>
- Rensselaer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Albia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Defreestville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Hampton Manor
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
- Schaghticoke
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyantskill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyantskill
- Wynantskill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Couse
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- East Greenbush
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- West Charlton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Charlton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Galway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Burnt Hills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Birchton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Whiteside Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Groom Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Hagedorns Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Ballston Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Mosherville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Elnora
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Jonesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Mariaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pattersonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mariaville Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Rotterdam Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Glenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Braman Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Duanesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Princetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Duane Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Scotia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Delanson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Esperance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gallupville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Central Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Schoharie
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Howes Cave
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Middleburgh
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Cobleskill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Lawyersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Warnerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- Crandall Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Scotch Church, see our County-by-County Page for Scotch Church.
Cemeteries Near Scotch Church ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Scotch Church.
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 Scotch Church - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Scotch Church covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Scotch Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Van Vechten Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Dorn Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Patterson Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Dennison Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sweet Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Remsen Bush Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Phillips Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mariahville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Woestina Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woestina Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woestina Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Rotterdam Junction.
- The Woestina Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woestina Reformed Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66765 <2>
- Continue List (526 more) ...
- Van Eps Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherwax Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thayer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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 Scotch Church in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Scotch Church.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Scotch Church, with the one closest to Scotch Church listed first.
- Mariaville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Scotch Bush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Scotch Bush is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bush
- Pattersonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hoffmans
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoffmans is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans
- Cranesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rynex Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Rotterdam Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Minaville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Minaville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Rockton
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Glenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Braman Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Burtonsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Duanesburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Kelleys
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kelleys is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelleys
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Scotch Church. See our List of 1890's Communities around Scotch Church.
Newspapers Published in Scotch Church ...
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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Scotch Church.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Scotch Church, 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 Scotch Church.
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 Scotch Church:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Otsego County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie 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> | 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Scotch Church) 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 Scotch Church, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |