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 Shady 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 Shady 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 Shady 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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Shady Brook: Shady Brk.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Shady Brook. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Shady Brook.
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.
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.
Shady Brook is located in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County: Fairfield (CT), Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Columbia, Orange, Putnam & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Shady Brook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Brook:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Shady Brook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Manchester Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Arlington
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Red Oaks Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Spackenkill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Poughkeepsie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Freedom Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Fairview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Noxon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Pleasant Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crown Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Heights
- Haviland
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Lagrangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Silvernails
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Elizaville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Ancramdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ancram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Balmville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Cronomer Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Leptondale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Gardnertown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Newburgh
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- New Windsor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Cornwall Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Vails Gate
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Walden
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Farmers Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Patterson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Spring
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Lake Carmel
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Tompkins Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Towners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Mahopac Mines
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Garrison
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Crafts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Dykemans
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dykemans is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykemans
- Adams Corners
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Rockland County
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Bloomingburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Marlboro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clintondale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Plutarch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plutarch is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plutarch
- Ardonia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- Esopus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plattekill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- New Paltz
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Modena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Jefferson Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Shrub Oak
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Lake Mohegan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shenorock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Crompond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Granite Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Lincolndale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Somers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Peekskill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Goldens Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Sherman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- New Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- New Fairfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,900 people
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- Brookfield Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookfield Center is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
- Danbury
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Bulls Bridge
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- New Milford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- Gaylordsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- South Kent
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Kent
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,766 people
- North Kent
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
- East Kent
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- East Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kent
- New Milford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Northville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Ellsworth
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Brook, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Brook.
Cemeteries Near Shady Brook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady 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.
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 Shady Brook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shady Brook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- LaGrange Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Peters Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Peters Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Poughkeepsie.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1432561 <2>
- Beth-El Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Temple Beth-El Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Milton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Ferris Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hicksite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Van Dyne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (264 more) ...
- Highland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Middlebush Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Old Presbyterian Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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 Shady Brook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shady Brook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Brook, with the one closest to Shady Brook listed first.
- Manchester Bridge
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Manchester Bridge is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester Bridge
- Arlington
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Poughkeepsie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Noxon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Noxon is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Freedom Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Milton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- New Hackensack
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- New Hackensack is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hackensack
- Pleasant Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oakes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Stoneco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Stoneco is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneco
- Fishkill Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
- Lagrangeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Billings
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wappingers Falls
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shady Brook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shady Brook.
Newspapers Published in Shady 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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Brook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Brook, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shady Brook.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Shady Brook:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Putnam County
- Rockland County
- Sullivan County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shady Brook) 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 Shady Brook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |