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 Slab City (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 Slab City. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Slab City is located in Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County: Franklin, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson & Lewis.
Below are the counties that are near Slab City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Slab City:
- Saint Lawrence County (The home county of Slab City)
- The following are listed by their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.
- Potsdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sisson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson
- Madrid Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
- Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <1>
- Norwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Coney Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coney Island is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Hannawa Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Parishville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
- West Stockholm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Pierrepont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierrepont
- Willisville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willisville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willisville
- Norfolk
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Stockholm
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- North Stockholm is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stockholm
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.
- Alburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Alburg is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alburg
- Saint Regis Falls
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Moira
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hogansburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brushton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Dickinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- East Dickinson is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Dickinson
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Slab City, see our County-by-County Page for Slab City.
Cemeteries Near Slab City ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Slab City.
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 Slab City - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Slab City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.
- West Potsdam Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- South Potsdam Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Olin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Leet Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. James Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bayside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Doran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Morley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (162 more) ...
- Madrid Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Parmeter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Old St. Marys Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Potsdam.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65537 <2>
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 Slab City in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Slab City.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Slab City, with the one closest to Slab City listed first.
- West Potsdam
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- West Potsdam is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Potsdam
- Bucks Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Bucks Bridge is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucks Bridge
- Madrid
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Potsdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Madrid Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
- Sisson
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sisson is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisson
- Morley
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Morley is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Canton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Canton is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,482 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <1>
- Crary Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crary Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crary Mills
- Hannawa Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Norwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- West Parishville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- West Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Parishville
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Pierrepont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pierrepont is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierrepont
- West Stockholm
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Parishville Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Slab City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Slab City.
Newspapers Published in Slab City ...
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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Slab City.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Slab City, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Slab City.
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 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 Slab City:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Saint Lawrence County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Slab City) 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 Slab City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |