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 Upper Hollowville (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 Upper Hollowville. 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 hospitals and doctors 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.
Upper Hollowville 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 Upper Hollowville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Hollowville:
- Columbia County (The home county of Upper Hollowville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Martindale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Martindale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Hollowville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mellenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Philmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Churchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Taghkanic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Craryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Harlemville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harlemville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville
- Greenport Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- Glenco Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Lorenz Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lorenz Park is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenz Park
- Copake Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Copake Lake is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copake Lake
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Coeymans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Aquetuck
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Aquetuck is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquetuck
- Ravena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Coeymans Hollow
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Alcove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beckers Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckers Corners
- South Bethlehem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Bethlehem is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- South Westerlo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Westerlo is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Westerlo
- Dormansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dormansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dormansville
- Feura Bush
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Jackson Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jackson Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Corners
- Mount Ross
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Ross is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Ross
- Pine Plains
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Upper Red Hook
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Red Hook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Red Hook
- Tivoli
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Bethel is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Cruger Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Milan
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Milan is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Irondale
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Irondale is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Spencer Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Spencer Corners is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer Corners
- Red Hook
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rock City is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Athens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Catskill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Catskill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,815 people
- Jefferson Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jefferson Heights is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Heights
- Coxsackie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leeds
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cairo Junction is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Junction
- Kiskatom
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- South Cairo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Cairo is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Cairo
- Medway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Gayhead
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Cairo
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Palenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rensselaer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Schodack Landing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Brainard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Nassau
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Castleton-on-Hudson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- East Nassau
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- East Nassau is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Nassau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 566 people
- Schodack Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Schodack Center is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schodack Center
- East Schodack
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hoag Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hoag Corners is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoag Corners
- East Greenbush
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Wyomanock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Wyomanock is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyomanock
- Luther
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Sliters
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Ulster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Malden
(15 miles [24.1 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
- Saugerties
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Quarryville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Quarryville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quarryville
- Glasco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Marion Park is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Marion Park
- Mount Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- High Woods is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Woods
- Lake Katrine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ruby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- East Kingston is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kingston
- Daisy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Daisy is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Jockey Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Jockey Hill is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jockey Hill
- Litchfield County (CT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Taconic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ore Hill is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ore Hill
- Salisbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,584 people
- Salisbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Lakeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wangum Village is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wangum Village
- Canaan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Canaan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Canaan is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Canaan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,235 people
- Amesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Amesville is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amesville
- Clayton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Clayton is located in Litchfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- East Canaan
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- North Egremont
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- North Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Egremont
- Alford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Alford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
- Egremont Plain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Egremont Plain is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont Plain
- Egremont
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egremont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
- Mount Washington
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Washington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- South Egremont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- South Egremont is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Egremont
- Great Barrington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Great Barrington is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Barrington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,976 people
- Housatonic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Housatonic is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Housatonic
- Van Deusenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Van Deusenville is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Deusenville
- Rockdale Mills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockdale Mills is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale Mills
- Glendale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Glendale is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Sheffield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sheffield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,112 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Hollowville, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Hollowville.
Cemeteries Near Upper Hollowville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Hollowville.
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 Upper Hollowville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Hollowville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Claverack Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Niver Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hillsdale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crum Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Harlemville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- German Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Swartwout Memorial Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson City Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Buckley's Corner Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (300 more) ...
- West Ghent Reformed Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- West Copake Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Collins Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
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 Upper Hollowville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Hollowville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Hollowville, with the one closest to Upper Hollowville listed first.
- Martindale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Martindale is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Hollowville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Churchtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Churchtown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchtown
- Mellenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Philmont
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Claverack
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Taghkanic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Craryville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Humphreysville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Humphreysville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreysville
- Glenco Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- Harlemville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harlemville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harlemville
- Pulvers
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pulvers is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulvers
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Greenport Center
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenport Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport Center
- West Taghkanic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Stottville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper Hollowville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Hollowville.
Newspapers Published in Upper Hollowville ...
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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Hollowville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Hollowville, 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 Upper Hollowville.
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 professional and volunteer 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 Upper Hollowville:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Columbia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Rensselaer County
- Ulster 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 Upper Hollowville, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Upper Hollowville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |