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 South Amsterdam (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 South Amsterdam. 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 South Amsterdam ...
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 South Amsterdam: S. Amsterdam
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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
South Amsterdam is located in Montgomery 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 South Amsterdam. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to South Amsterdam:
- Montgomery County (The home county of South Amsterdam)
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Amsterdam
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Harrower
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Wallins Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Fort Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cranesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hagaman
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tribes Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fonda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Knox
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Altamont
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Hartmans Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Lisha Kill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Berne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Guilderland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- East Berne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Colonie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Voorheesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Perth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Broadalbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Progress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Berkshire
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Johnstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Mayfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Meco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Sammonsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Benson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Arietta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Fort Plain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Center Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Cherry Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- South Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Lansingburgh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Troy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Schaghticoke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rensselaer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- West Charlton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Galway
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Charlton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Birchton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Mosherville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Burnt Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Rock City Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Factory Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Factory Village is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Factory Village
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Pattersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mariaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Braman Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Mariaville Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Rotterdam Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Duanesburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Princetown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Delanson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Duane Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Esperance
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Central Bridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gallupville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Schoharie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Argusville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Howes Cave
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Mineral Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Cobleskill
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Sharon Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to South Amsterdam, see our County-by-County Page for South Amsterdam.
Cemeteries Near South Amsterdam ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of South Amsterdam.
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 South Amsterdam - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for South Amsterdam covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Green Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Griffeth Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Thayer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Michael Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Green Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Phillips Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Good Shepherd Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Continue List (499 more) ...
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Casimir Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 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.<2>
While we didn't find South Amsterdam in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of South Amsterdam.
These communities are listed based on their distance from South Amsterdam, with the one closest to South Amsterdam listed first.
- Amsterdam
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockton
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Fort Johnson
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Minaville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Minaville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- Cranesville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tribes Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fort Hunter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scotch Bush
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Scotch Bush is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Bush
- Perth
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Auriesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoffmans
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hoffmans is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmans
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Mariaville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Broadalbin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around South Amsterdam. See our List of 1890's Communities around South Amsterdam.
Newspapers Published in South Amsterdam ...
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 71 newspapers that have been published in the area around South Amsterdam.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of South Amsterdam, 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 South Amsterdam.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 South Amsterdam:
- 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
- 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> | 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 South Amsterdam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- South Amsterdam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |