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 Sunnybrook (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 Sunnybrook. 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 Sunnybrook ...
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.
Another variation: Sunny Brook.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Sunnybrook. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sunnybrook.
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 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.
Sunnybrook is located in Putnam 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 Putnam County: Fairfield (CT), Dutchess, Orange, Rockland & Westchester.
Below are the counties that are near Sunnybrook. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunnybrook:
- Putnam County (The home county of Sunnybrook)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Adams Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Tompkins Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Putnam Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continental Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Continental Village is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Continental Village
- Garrison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glenclyffe
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Glenclyffe is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenclyffe
- Mahopac Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Cold Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Mahopac
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crafts
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crafts is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crafts
- Farmers Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Farmers Mills is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
- Lake Carmel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Carmel is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Carmel
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Beacon Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Beacon Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon Hills
- Groveville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Groveville is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveville
- Fishkill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Glenham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shenandoah is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Wiccopee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Wiccopee is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiccopee
- Beacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Brinckerhoff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brinckerhoff is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinckerhoff
- East Fishkill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- East Fishkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fishkill
- Hopewell Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Hughsonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Stormville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Green Haven
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Green Haven is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Haven
- Greene County
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall-on-Hudson is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall-on-Hudson
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- West Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fort Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cornwall Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall Landing is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Landing
- Cornwall-on-Hudson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- New Windsor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Firthcliffe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Firthcliffe is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firthcliffe
- Orrs Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Orrs Mill is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrs Mill
- Newburgh
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vails Gate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mountainville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- West Cornwall is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Cornwall
- Woodbury
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodbury is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
- Rockland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Doodletown ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Doodletown is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doodletown
- Stony Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Haverstraw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Thiells
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
- Congers
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Ivy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Ivy is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ivy
- Pomona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- New City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New City is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City
- New City Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- New City Park is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New City Park
- Upper Nyack
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Upper Nyack is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nyack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,177 people
- New Hempstead
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Hempstead is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hempstead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,456 people
- Germonds
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Germonds is located in Rockland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germonds
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Marlboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Milton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Plattekill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Oakes is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakes
- Sylva
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sylva is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylva
- Ardonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ardonia is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardonia
- New Hurley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- New Hurley is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hurley
- Wallkill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Highland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Clintondale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Modena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Lloyd is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Gardiner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Westchester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Lake Mohegan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lake Mohegan is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mohegan
- Shrub Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Village is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Village
- Crompond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Yorktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Granite Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shenorock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peekskill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lincolndale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Heritage Hills is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Hills
- Montrose
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Ball Pond
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Ball Pond is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball Pond
- Ridgefield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,898 people
- Danbury
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Danbury is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84,317 people
- New Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New Fairfield is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,792 people
- New Fairfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ridgefield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Banksville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Banksville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banksville
- Danbury
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- High Ridge
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- High Ridge is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge
- Topstone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Topstone is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topstone
- West Redding
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Branchville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Branchville is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branchville
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Candlewood Lake Club
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Candlewood Lake Club is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlewood Lake Club
- Chimney Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Chimney Point is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chimney Point
- Lanesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lanesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
- Gaylordsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Merwinsville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merwinsville
- New Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- New Milford is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Milford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,683 people
- New Milford
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bridgewater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bridgewater is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,632 people
- Bridgewater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bulls Bridge is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Bridge
- South Kent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Northville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northville
- Roxbury Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Roxbury Station is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury Station
- Bergen County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Park Ridge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Park Ridge is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Ridge
- Mahwah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mahwah is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahwah
- Saint Josephs Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Josephs Village is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Josephs Village
- West Norwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- West Norwood is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Norwood
- River Vale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- River Vale is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Vale
- Ackermans Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ackermans Mills is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackermans Mills
- Ho-Ho-Kus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ho-Ho-Kus is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ho-Ho-Kus
- Campgaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Campgaw is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campgaw
- Wortendyke
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wortendyke is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wortendyke
- Wyckoff
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wyckoff is located in Bergen County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyckoff
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunnybrook, see our County-by-County Page for Sunnybrook.
Cemeteries Near Sunnybrook ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunnybrook.
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 Sunnybrook - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunnybrook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- King David Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Beverly Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Graymoor Society of the Atonement Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lawson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Presbyterian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mahopac Falls Baptist Churchyard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Corners Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Peacedale Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Hebrew Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Assumption Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (411 more) ...
- Free Grave Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cold Spring Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 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 Sunnybrook in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sunnybrook.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunnybrook, with the one closest to Sunnybrook listed first.
- Adams Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Adams Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams Corners
- Putnam Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Tompkins Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tompkins Corners is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins Corners
- Shrub Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- West Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garrison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Baldwin Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mahopac Mines
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mahopac Mines is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahopac Mines
- Nelsonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Nelsonville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
- Cold Spring
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Yorktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Yorktown is located in Westchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorktown
- Fort Montgomery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Peekskill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunnybrook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunnybrook.
Newspapers Published in Sunnybrook ...
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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunnybrook.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunnybrook, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunnybrook.
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 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 Sunnybrook:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Putnam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Rockland County
- Ulster County
- Westchester County
- Fairfield County
- Litchfield County
- Bergen 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 Sunnybrook, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sunnybrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |