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 Stairs Corners (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 Stairs Corners. 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 Stairs Corners ...
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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Stairs Corners: Stairs Cors.
- While the name of this community is Stairs Corners, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Stairs Corners may originally have been Stair's Corners.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Stairs Corners might be written as Stair Corners.
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 doctors and hospitals 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.
Stairs Corners is located in Fulton 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 Fulton County: Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery & Saratoga.
Below are the counties that are near Stairs Corners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stairs Corners:
- Fulton County (The home county of Stairs Corners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Perth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Mills Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Broadalbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- North Broadalbin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Progress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Mayfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Berkshire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cranberry Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
- Jackson Summit
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Summit is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Summit
- Johnstown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Meco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Altamont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fullers
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Lisha Kill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lisha Kill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisha Kill
- Knox
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hartmans Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- Meadowdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Guilderland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Colonie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Latham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Voorheesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Westmere is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmere
- Cohoes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Benson
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Arietta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Blackbridge ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Blackbridge is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbridge
- Wells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Gilmantown is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmantown
- Herkimer County
- Fort Plain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Montgomery County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Hagaman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wallins Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wallins Corners is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Corners
- Harrower
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harrower is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrower
- Rockton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fort Johnson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cranesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Tribes Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Auriesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fonda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fultonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Burtonsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Burtonsville is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burtonsville
- Randall
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Lansingburgh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lansingburgh is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansingburgh
- Pleasantdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantdale is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantdale
- Schaghticoke
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Valley Falls
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Troy
(30 miles [48.3 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 <2>
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Hagedorns Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Galway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mosherville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- West Charlton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Birchton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Charlton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Rock City Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Milton Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Milton Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Ballston Center
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Batchellerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
- Burnt Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rotterdam Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mariaville Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rynex Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Braman Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Stoodley Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- East Glenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Scotia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Alplaus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Esperance
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Central Bridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Gallupville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Schoharie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Howes Cave
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Mineral Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Sharon Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cobleskill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
- Leesville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Janesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Lake Luzerne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Harrisburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Stony Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stairs Corners, see our County-by-County Page for Stairs Corners.
Cemeteries Near Stairs Corners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stairs Corners.
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 Stairs Corners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stairs Corners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Hagaman Mills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Old Hagaman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hageman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- West Galway Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Perth Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stanislaus Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Dodds Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vail Mills Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (455 more) ...
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Old St. Josephs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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 Stairs Corners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Stairs Corners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stairs Corners, with the one closest to Stairs Corners listed first.
- Perth
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Rockton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rockton is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockton
- Broadalbin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mills Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mills Corners is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Corners
- Fort Johnson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Amsterdam
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Galway
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- North Galway is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Galway
- Hagedorns Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Union Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Mills is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
- Cranesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Galway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- North Broadalbin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- North Broadalbin is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Broadalbin
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Tribes Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Charlton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stairs Corners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stairs Corners.
Newspapers Published in Stairs Corners ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stairs Corners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stairs Corners, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stairs Corners.
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 either 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 Stairs Corners:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Fulton County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Montgomery County
- Rensselaer County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Stairs Corners, 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' (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- Stairs Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |