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 Speigletown (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 Speigletown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Speigletown is located in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County: Berkshire (MA), Albany, Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Washington & Bennington (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Speigletown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Speigletown:
- Rensselaer County (The home county of Speigletown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Pleasantdale
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Lansingburgh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Sycaway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Raymertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Brunswick
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Quackenkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Quackenkill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quackenkill
- Schaghticoke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Albia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Pittstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pittstown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittstown
- Valley Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wynantskill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Cohoes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Watervliet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Latham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Menands
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Newtonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Loudonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Colonie
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roessleville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Albany
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Albany
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lisha Kill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- North Chatham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Riders Mills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Niverville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Rock City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Valatie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Canaan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Concord
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- Canaan Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Canaan Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Chatham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- Mills Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Greene County
- Medway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Cranesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hagaman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Amsterdam
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harrower
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Waterford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Halfmoon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Halfmoon Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Mechanicville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Clifton Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stillwater
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Coons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Willow Glen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Groom Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Country Knolls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Elnora
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Jonesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Niskayuna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alplaus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aqueduct
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- East Glenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Schenectady
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Scotia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rotterdam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Princetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Rotterdam Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Glenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Center Cambridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Fly Summit
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Archdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- Center White Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Coila
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Greenwich
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Cambridge
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- White Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Battenville is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battenville
- Anaquassacook
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Anaquassacook is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaquassacook
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
- Hancock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- New Ashford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Greylock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock
- North Adams
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- North Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
- Briggsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Briggsville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggsville
- Zylonite
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Zylonite is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zylonite
- Lanesborough
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,925 people
- Renfrew
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Renfrew is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renfrew
- Adams
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Adams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
- Arnoldville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Arnoldville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnoldville
- Cheshire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cheshire is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Pownal Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Old Bennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Paper Mill Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Pownal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- North Bennington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- Bennington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Bennington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- South Shaftsbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Shaftsbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
- Woodford Hollow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow
- Shaftsbury
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stamford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Stamford is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Speigletown, see our County-by-County Page for Speigletown.
Cemeteries Near Speigletown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Speigletown.
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 Speigletown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Speigletown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Maplewood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Brookins Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Waterford Rural Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford Rural Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Waterford Rural Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Waterford.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66654 <2>
- St. John Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Old Cooksborough Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Van Schaick Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Schaick Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Van Schaick Family Cemetery is located in Cohoes.
- The Van Schaick Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Van Schaick Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2462966 <2>
- Lansingburgh Village Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (499 more) ...
- Opposite Brick Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Green Island.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Bernard's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #64113 <2>
- Martin Hayner Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Speigletown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Speigletown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Speigletown, with the one closest to Speigletown listed first.
- Waterford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lansingburgh
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Melrose
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cohoes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Haynersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Haynersville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynersville
- Halfmoon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Green Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Troy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- 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>
- Eagle Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Eagle Mills is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Cropseyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Raymertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Raymertown is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymertown
- Crescent
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Reynolds
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reynolds is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Watervliet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Quackenkill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Quackenkill is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quackenkill
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Speigletown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Speigletown.
Newspapers Published in Speigletown ...
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 314 newspapers that have been published in the area around Speigletown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Speigletown, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Speigletown.
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 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 Speigletown:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Rensselaer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Fulton County
- Greene County
- Montgomery County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Washington County
- Berkshire County
- Bennington 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> | 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 Speigletown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Speigletown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |