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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 Sunnyside (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 Sunnyside. 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 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.

Sunnyside is located in Columbia 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 Columbia County: Litchfield (CT), Berkshire (MA), Albany, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer & Ulster.

Below are the counties that are near Sunnyside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sunnyside:

  • Columbia County     (The home county of Sunnyside)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Kinderhook
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Valatie
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rossman
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Rossman is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
    • Niverville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Chatham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Chatham Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
    • Stottville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ghent
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Moorhouse Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner
    • Rock City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Rock City is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • North Chatham
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • North Chatham is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
    • Lorenz Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
  • Albany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Aquetuck
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Aquetuck is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
    • Coeymans
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Ravena
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Coeymans Hollow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Selkirk
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Alcove
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Beckers Corners
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
    • South Bethlehem
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
    • Bethlehem Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
    • Glenmont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Dormansville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Dormansville is located in Albany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
    • Feura Bush
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Dutchess County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Tivoli
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jackson Corners
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
    • Upper Red Hook
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
    • Cruger Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
    • Mount Ross
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
    • Pine Plains
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Red Hook
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Rock City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Rock City is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
    • Bethel
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bethel is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Milan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Milan is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Irondale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Irondale is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Spencer Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
  • Greene County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Coxsackie
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Medway
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Medway is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
    • Athens
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Surprise
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jefferson Heights
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
    • Leeds
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Gayhead
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Gayhead is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
    • Catskill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Catskill is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
    • South Cairo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • South Cairo is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
    • Cairo Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
    • Cairo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodstock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Woodstock is located in Greene County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
  • Rensselaer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Schodack Landing
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Castleton-on-Hudson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Nassau
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nassau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,093 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nassau <1>
    • Schodack Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
    • East Schodack
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Brainard
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • East Greenbush
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • East Nassau
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
    • Couse
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Couse is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
    • Hampton Manor
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Hampton Manor is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton Manor
    • Luther
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Luther is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
    • Hoag Corners
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
  • Saratoga County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Waterford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Halfmoon Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
  • Schenectady County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Niskayuna
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Rotterdam
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Schoharie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Bates
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Bates is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
    • Livingstonville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Livingstonville is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingstonville
    • Franklinton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Franklinton is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklinton
    • Manorkill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Manorkill is located in Schoharie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorkill
  • Ulster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Malden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Malden is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malden
      • Malden has also been known as:
      • Malden-on-Hudson
    • Quarryville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Quarryville is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
    • Saugerties
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Glasco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Mount Marion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • High Woods
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • High Woods is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
    • Mount Marion Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
    • Daisy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Daisy is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Ruby
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Katrine
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Shady
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shady is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
    • Sweet Meadows
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweet Meadows is located in Ulster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Meadows
  • Litchfield County (CT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Taconic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Twin Lakes
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Berkshire County (MA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.
    • Richmond
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
    • Rockdale Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
    • West Stockbridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • West Stockbridge is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Stockbridge
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,250 people
    • Alford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • North Egremont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
    • Glendale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
    • Shaker Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
    • Stevens Corner
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
    • Egremont Plain
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
    • Housatonic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
    • Egremont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
    • South Egremont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sunnyside, see our County-by-County Page for Sunnyside.

Cemeteries Near Sunnyside ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sunnyside.

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 Sunnyside - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sunnyside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.

  • Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • St. Paul Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Firwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Prospect Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Coxsackie Village Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • St. Marys Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Reed Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lampman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • West Ghent Reformed Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Shufelt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (415 more) ...
    • Valatie Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Armstrong Family Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong Family Cemetery
      • The Armstrong Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Armstrong - Mead Cemetery
    • Snyder Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Sunnyside had railroad service and no post office.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sunnyside, with the one closest to Sunnyside listed first.

  • Stuyvesant Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Kinderhook
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Stuyvesant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Rossman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Rossman is located in Columbia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossman
  • Valatie
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Coxsackie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Coxsackie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbiaville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Niverville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • New Baltimore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Muitzes Kill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Muitzes Kill is located in Rensselaer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muitzes Kill
  • Stottville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Ghent
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chatham
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Chatham Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sunnyside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sunnyside.

Newspapers Published in Sunnyside ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sunnyside.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sunnyside, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sunnyside.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Sunnyside:

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 Sunnyside, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sunnyside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.