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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 Corner Curve (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 Corner Curve. 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 Corner Curve ...

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 Corner Curve: Shady Cor. Curve (or less commonly used: Shady Crn. Curve)

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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 Corner Curve is located in Essex 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 Essex County: Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Warren, Washington, Addison (VT) & Chittenden (VT).

Below are the counties that are near Shady Corner Curve. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shady Corner Curve:

  • Essex County     (The home county of Shady Corner Curve)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Corner Curve, with the one closest to Shady Corner Curve listed first.
    • North Elba
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • North Elba is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
    • Lake Placid
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Whiteface
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Whiteface is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteface
    • Saint Huberts
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Huberts is located in Essex County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Huberts
    • Ray Brook
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Upper Jay
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Saranac Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tahawus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilmington
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bloomingdale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Elizabethtown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Clinton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Corner Curve, with the one closest to Shady Corner Curve listed first.
    • Au Sable Forks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Brook
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Black Brook is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Brook
    • Thomasville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Thomasville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
    • Clayburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Clayburg is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayburg
    • Redford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Harkness
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Harkness is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkness
    • Village of Keeseville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Village of Keeseville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village of Keeseville
      • Estimated population in 2015: 1,750 people
    • Moffitsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Moffitsville is located in Clinton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitsville
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Corner Curve, with the one closest to Shady Corner Curve listed first.
    • Franklin Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Franklin Falls is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Falls
    • Harrietstown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrietstown is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrietstown
    • Alder Brook
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Alder Brook is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder Brook
    • Paul Smiths
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saranac Inn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Saranac Inn is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saranac Inn
    • Merrillsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Merrillsville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
    • Tupper Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Altamont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Altamont is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
  • Addison County (VT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shady Corner Curve, with the one closest to Shady Corner Curve listed first.
    • Chimney Point
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chimney Point is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
    • Panton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Panton is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
    • Addison
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Addison is located in Addison County (VT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shady Corner Curve, see our County-by-County Page for Shady Corner Curve.

Cemeteries Near Shady Corner Curve ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shady Corner Curve.

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 Corner Curve - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shady Corner Curve, with the one closest to Shady Corner Curve listed first.

  • North Elba Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • John Browns Grave
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Estes Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Holt Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Shaw Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Norton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ingalls Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Malbone Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Ridge Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • St. Bernards Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodspeed Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (71 more) ...
    • Franklin Falls Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Union Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Central Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 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.<3>

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

These communities are listed based on their distance from Shady Corner Curve, with the one closest to Shady Corner Curve listed first.

  • North Elba
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • North Elba is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Elba
  • Lake Placid
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Keene Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Keene
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ray Brook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Upper Jay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tahawus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saranac Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilmington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jay
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomingdale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Haselton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Haselton is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haselton
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Franklin Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Franklin Falls is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Falls
    • New Russia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Elizabethtown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Shady Corner Curve ...

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 54 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Corner Curve.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shady Corner Curve, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shady Corner Curve.

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 Corner Curve:

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>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 Corner Curve, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Shady Corner Curve) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.