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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 West Conesville (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 West Conesville. 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 West Conesville ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for West Conesville: W. Conesville

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

West Conesville is located in Schoharie County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schoharie County: Albany, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego & Schenectady.

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

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

Cemeteries Near West Conesville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Conesville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • West Conesville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Conesville Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Conesville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gilboa Rural Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gilboa Rural Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gilboa Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Patrie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patrie Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patrie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Richtmyer Case Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richtmyer Case Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Richtmyer Case Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grand Gorge Main Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grand Gorge Main Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grand Gorge Main Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairlawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairlawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Huggins Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huggins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huggins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Upper Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Huntersfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huntersfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huntersfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ellison Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ellison Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ellison Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pratt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pratt Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pratt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Settlement Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Settlement Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Settlement Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Freese Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Freese Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Freese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Manorkill Rural Cemetery
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manorkill Rural Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Manorkill Rural Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rappelea Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rappelea Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rappelea Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that West Conesville had a population of 59 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Gilboa
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilboa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
    • Gilboa is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilboa <2>
  • Conesville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesville
    • Conesville is located in Schoharie County
  • Grand Gorge
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Prattsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prattsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsville
    • Prattsville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prattsville <2>
  • Red Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Manorkill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Mackey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey
    • Mackey is located in Schoharie County
  • North Blenheim
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Blenheim have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Blenheim
    • North Blenheim is located in Schoharie County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Blenheim <2>
  • Ashland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ashland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Ashland is located in Greene County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <2>
  • Broome Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • South Gilboa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Gilboa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gilboa
    • South Gilboa is located in Schoharie County
  • Bates
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bates. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates
    • Bates is located in Schoharie County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bates
    • From West Conesville to Bates
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in West Conesville ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Conesville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Conesville, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Conesville.

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 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 West Conesville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for West Conesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Schoharie County: www.schohariecounty-ny.gov/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 West Conesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Conesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in West Conesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3775, Longitude: -74.4226       In this case, the coordinates for West Conesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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