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 Stissing (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 Stissing. 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.
Stissing is located in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County: Fairfield (CT), Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Columbia, Orange, Putnam & Ulster.
Below are the counties that are near Stissing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Stissing:
- Dutchess County (The home county of Stissing)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Bangall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Bethel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Stanfordville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Smithfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Pine Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shunpike
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shunpike is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shunpike
- Mount Ross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Milan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Lithgow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lithgow is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lithgow
- Amenia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hibernia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hibernia is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Jackson Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Silvernails
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Ancramdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Ancram
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Elizaville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Weed Mines
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Weed Mines is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed Mines
- West Taghkanic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Copake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Copake Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- Glenco Mills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Taghkanic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Copake Falls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Catskill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Kiskatom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- Athens
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Palenville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Clove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Cairo Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Haines Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Round Top
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tannersville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Patterson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Farmers Mills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Towners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Towners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towners
- Lake Carmel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Ponck Hockie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ponck Hockie is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponck Hockie
- Connelly
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Esopus
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Port Ewen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Glasco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kingston
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Katrine
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Malden
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Malden is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
- Malden has also been known as:
- Malden-on-Hudson
- Creeklocks
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Creeklocks is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creeklocks
- Hillside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hillside is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Sherman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,610 people
- Sherman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hartford County (CT)
- Bloomfield
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Sharon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ore Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Lakeville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sharon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sharon is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,691 people
- Ellsworth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Lime Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lime Rock is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock
- Salisbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Amesville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Falls Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Kent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Kent is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kent
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Mount Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Ashley Falls
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Ashley Falls is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashley Falls
- Egremont
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- Sheffield
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
- Clayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clayton is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Gomorrah
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gomorrah is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gomorrah
- South Egremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Egremont Plain
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- North Egremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Great Barrington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Mill River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mill River is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill River
- Alford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Stissing, see our County-by-County Page for Stissing.
Cemeteries Near Stissing ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Stissing.
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 Stissing - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Stissing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stanford Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanford Cemetery
- The Stanford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Standfordville UCC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66374 <2>
- The Square Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Smithfield Burying Grounds
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bryan Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Milan Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Upton Lake Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Amenia Island Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Teats Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shookville Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Nine Partners Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Irondale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Ancram Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Stissing had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Stissing, with the one closest to Stissing listed first.
- Attlebury
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Attlebury is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attlebury
- McIntyre
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- McIntyre is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntyre
- Bangall
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Stanfordville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Willow Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Brook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Smithfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Smithfield is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Shekomeko
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Shekomeko is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shekomeko
- Lafayetteville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayetteville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayetteville
- Shunpike
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Shunpike is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shunpike
- Pine Plains
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bulls Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bulls Head is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Head
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Schultzville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Schultzville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schultzville
- Clinton Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ross
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Stissing. See our List of 1890's Communities around Stissing.
Newspapers Published in Stissing ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Stissing.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Stissing, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Stissing.
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 helpful 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 Stissing:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Dutchess County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Putnam County
- Ulster County
- Fairfield County
- Hartford County
- Litchfield County
- Berkshire 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 Stissing, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stissing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |