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 Wyantskill (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 Wyantskill. 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 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.
Wyantskill is located in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County: Berkshire (MA), Albany, Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Washington & Bennington (VT).
Below are the counties that are near Wyantskill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wyantskill:
- Rensselaer County (The home county of Wyantskill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Wynantskill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Albia
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Albia is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albia
- Sycaway
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sycaway is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycaway
- Troy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- West Sand Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Defreestville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- Poestenkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Brunswick
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Luther
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Couse
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Rensselaer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Averill Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Watervliet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Menands
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Green Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loudonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cohoes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Latham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Newtonville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West Albany is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Albany
- Glenmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Normansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Normansville is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normansville
- Roessleville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bethlehem Center is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem Center
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- North Chatham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Chatham is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chatham
- Riders Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Riders Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders Mills
- Niverville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- New Britain ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Britain is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
- Chatham Center
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Chatham Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham Center
- Valatie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Kinderhook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rock City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- New Concord
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Concord is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Concord
- Canaan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Chatham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Moorhouse Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Moorhouse Corner is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorhouse Corner
- Canaan Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Canaan Center is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canaan Center
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Medway
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Medway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway
- Coxsackie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Surprise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Norton Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norton Hill is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Hill
- Gayhead
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gayhead is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayhead
- Athens
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Montgomery County
- Cranesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Waterford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Halfmoon Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Halfmoon Beach is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfmoon Beach
- Halfmoon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Clifton Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mechanicville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Groom Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Groom Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groom Corners
- Coons
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coons is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coons
- Willow Glen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
- Elnora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elnora is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Stillwater
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Country Knolls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Country Knolls is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Knolls
- Jonesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jonesville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
- Round Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Niskayuna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Aqueduct is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aqueduct
- Alplaus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Schenectady
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rotterdam
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- East Glenville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- East Glenville is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Glenville
- Scotia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stoodley Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Stoodley Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoodley Corners
- Princetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Rotterdam Junction
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Duane Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Schoharie County
- Gallupville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Crandall Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Crandall Corners is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandall Corners
- North Easton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Easton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Easton
- Fly Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Fly Summit is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Summit
- Center Cambridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Center Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Cambridge
- Center White Creek
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Center White Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center White Creek
- Archdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Archdale is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archdale
- White Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cambridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coila is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coila
- Greenwich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Greenwich is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,698 people
- Berkshire County (MA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Hancock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hancock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 695 people
- New Ashford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- New Ashford is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ashford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Williamstown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Williamstown is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,631 people
- Shaker Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Village
- Lanesborough
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lanesborough is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesborough
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,925 people
- Greylock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greylock is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greylock
- Farnams
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Farnams is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farnams
- Stevens Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Stevens Corner is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Corner
- Cheshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Cheshire is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Town Crest Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Town Crest Village is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Crest Village
- Berkshire
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Berkshire is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Pittsfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pittsfield is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41,834 people
- Richmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Richmond is located in Berkshire County (MA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,410 people
- Bennington County (VT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Pownal Center
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Pownal Center is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal Center
- Pownal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pownal is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pownal
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,386 people
- Bennington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,897 people
- Old Bennington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Old Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Paper Mill Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Paper Mill Village is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village
- Bennington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Bennington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Bennington is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bennington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
- South Shaftsbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Shaftsbury
- Stamford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Stamford is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
- Stamford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Woodford Hollow
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Woodford Hollow is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodford Hollow
- Shaftsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shaftsbury is located in Bennington County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaftsbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,411 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wyantskill, see our County-by-County Page for Wyantskill.
Cemeteries Near Wyantskill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wyantskill.
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 Wyantskill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wyantskill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Albany Muslim Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- St. Jean Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Blooming Grove Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Elmwood Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- New Mt. Ida Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Old Mt. Ida Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coonradt Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Forest Hills Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Joseph's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Joseph's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Troy.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #66046 <2>
- Continue List (513 more) ...
- St. Nicholas Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Eagle Mills Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills Cemetery
- The Eagle Mills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Millville Cemetery
- Sunnyside Cemetery
- Watervliet Arsenal Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.<3>
While we didn't find Wyantskill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wyantskill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wyantskill, with the one closest to Wyantskill listed first.
- Defreestville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Defreestville is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defreestville
- West Sand Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Troy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Troy is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48,804 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>
- Eagle Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Mills is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Watervliet
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Watervliet is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watervliet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,807 people
- Former names for Watervliet:
- Gibbonsville
- Port Schuyler
- West Troy
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watervliet <1>
- Poestenkill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Couse
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Couse is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couse
- Luther
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Luther is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Best
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Best is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best
- Loudonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Albany
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Sliters
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sliters is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sliters
- Averill Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Wyantskill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wyantskill.
Newspapers Published in Wyantskill ...
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 366 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wyantskill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wyantskill, 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 Wyantskill.
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 Wyantskill:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Rensselaer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Columbia County
- Greene County
- Montgomery County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie County
- Washington County
- Berkshire County
- Bennington 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 Wyantskill, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wyantskill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |