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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 Silver Bay (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 Silver Bay. 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 and doctors 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.

Silver Bay is located in Warren County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Warren County: Essex, Hamilton, Saratoga & Washington.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Silver Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Silver Bay.

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 Silver Bay covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Gillette Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gillette Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gillette Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Putnam Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Putnam Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Putnam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wardsboro Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wardsboro Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wardsboro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • May Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the May Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the May Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Carter Street Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Street Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Street Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Meadow Knoll Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Meadow Knoll Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Meadow Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Center Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sciota Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sciota Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sciota Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hackett Dam Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hackett Dam Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hackett Dam Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hitchcock Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hitchcock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hitchcock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Old Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (288 more) ...
    • Neddo Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Neddo Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Neddo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rodd - Elbow Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rodd - Elbow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rodd - Elbow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Adams - Elbow Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Adams - Elbow Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Adams - Elbow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Silver Bay had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Sabbath Day Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Huletts Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Hague
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Graphite
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graphite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graphite
    • Graphite is located in Warren County
  • Dresden Center
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dresden Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden Center
    • Dresden Center is located in Washington County
  • Chubbs Dock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dresden
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dresden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dresden
    • Dresden is located in Washington County
  • Putnam
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Putnam have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam
    • Putnam is located in Washington County
  • Benson Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Putnam Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Putnam Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Station
    • Putnam Station is located in Washington County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Putnam Station <2>
  • West Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Baldwin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baldwin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Baldwin is located in Essex County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Silver Bay ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Silver Bay.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Silver Bay, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Silver Bay.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Silver Bay:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Silver Bay. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Warren County: www.co.warren.ny.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>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 Silver Bay, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Silver Bay) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Silver Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6961, Longitude: -73.5056    









 

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