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 The Vly (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 The Vly. 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 southeast 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 south.
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 south 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.
The Vly is located in Ulster 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 Ulster County: Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange & Sullivan.
Below are the counties that are near The Vly. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to The Vly:
- Ulster County (The home county of The Vly)
- The following are listed by their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Atwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Atwood is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Olivebridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kripplebush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kripplebush is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kripplebush
- Lomontville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lomontville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lomontville
- Brodhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brodhead is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Stone Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cottekill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Binnewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Binnewater is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnewater
- Ashokan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ashokan is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashokan
- Shokan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kyserike
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kyserike is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyserike
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Elizaville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Germantown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Germantown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- North Germantown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Germantown
- Burden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burden is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burden
- Silvernails
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Silvernails is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silvernails
- Glenco Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Glenco Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenco Mills
- West Taghkanic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- West Taghkanic is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Taghkanic
- Suydam ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Suydam is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suydam
- Delaware County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Fleischmanns
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Denver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Margaretville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halcottsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dutchess County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Rhinecliff
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Staatsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rhinebeck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hyde Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Plains
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
- Wurtemburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wurtemburg is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtemburg
- Haviland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haviland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haviland
- Cruger Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Cruger Village is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruger Village
- Red Hook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Tivoli
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Poughkeepsie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Platte Clove
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Platte Clove is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Clove
- Spruceton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Spruceton is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruceton
- Tannersville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Haines Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hunter
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Palenville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jewett Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jewett Center is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewett Center
- Kiskatom
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Kiskatom is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiskatom
- West Kill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lexington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jewett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Round Top
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Orange County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Pine Bush
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Leptondale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Leptondale is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leptondale
- Saint Andrew
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Andrew is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrew
- Searsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Searsville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsville
- Walden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Cronomer Valley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cronomer Valley is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cronomer Valley
- Montgomery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Orange Lake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Orange Lake is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Lake
- Gardnertown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gardnertown is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardnertown
- Balmville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Balmville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balmville
- Maybrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Little Britain
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Little Britain is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Britain
- Sullivan County
- The following are listed by their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Grahamsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Claryville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Curry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Curry is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry
- Woodbourne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Neversink
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Summitville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Woodridge
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Aden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Aden is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aden
- Divine Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
- Willowemoc
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Willowemoc is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowemoc
- Bloomingburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Wild
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to The Vly, see our County-by-County Page for The Vly.
Cemeteries Near The Vly ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of The Vly.
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 The Vly - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for The Vly covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Krumville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tongore Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bush Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Whitfield Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Benton - Bar Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- High Falls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Palentown Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rochester Reformed Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Coxing Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Accord Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rosendale Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (214 more) ...
- St. Peters Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lefever Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hurley 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.<4>
While we didn't find The Vly in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of The Vly.
These communities are listed based on their distance from The Vly, with the one closest to The Vly listed first.
- Krumville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Krumville is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumville
- Olivebridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kripplebush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Kripplebush is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kripplebush
- Liebhardt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Liebhardt is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebhardt
- Stone Ridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Marbletown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marbletown is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
- Brodhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brodhead is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
- Samsonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Tabasco
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Tabasco is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabasco
- Mettacahonts
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mettacahonts is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mettacahonts
- Whitfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Whitfield is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- High Falls
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Cottekill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Kyserike
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kyserike is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyserike
- Binnewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Binnewater is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binnewater
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around The Vly. See our List of 1890's Communities around The Vly.
Newspapers Published in The Vly ...
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 133 newspapers that have been published in the area around The Vly.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of The Vly, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for The Vly.
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 The Vly:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Ulster County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County
- Greene County
- Orange County
- Sullivan 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> | 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- The Vly) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 The Vly, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |