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 Yosts (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 Yosts. 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 and hospitals 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.
Yosts is located in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Fulton, Herkimer, Otsego, Schenectady & Schoharie.
Below are the counties that are near Yosts. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Yosts:
- Montgomery County (The home county of Yosts)
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Randall
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Fonda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fultonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Flat Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Canajoharie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Palatine Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Auriesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lykers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Ames
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Nelliston
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Tribes Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Fort Johnson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Buel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buel is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buel
- Albany County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Knox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Berne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Altamont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Berne
- Fullers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fullers is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers
- Meadowdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadowdale is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Hartmans Corners
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hartmans Corners is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmans Corners
- South Berne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- South Berne is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berne
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Sammonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Johnstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ephratah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ephratah is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephratah
- Garoga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Garoga is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garoga
- Meco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Meco is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meco
- Rockwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Rockwood is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Berkshire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berkshire is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkshire
- Gloversville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lassellsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lassellsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lassellsville
- Progress
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Progress is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Perth
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Perth is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perth
- Crum Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Crum Creek is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crum Creek
- Broadalbin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hamilton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Arietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Arietta is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arietta
- Benson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Benson is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Hope
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Hope is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Herkimer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Fort Plain
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Starkville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Starkville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Newville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Newville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newville
- Dolgeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Deck
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Deck is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deck
- Little Falls
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paines Hollow
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Paines Hollow is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Hollow
- Salisbury Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Edicks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Edicks is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edicks
- Jacksonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jacksonburg is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonburg
- Cullen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Cullen is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen
- East Herkimer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- East Herkimer is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Herkimer
- Otsego County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Center Valley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Center Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Valley
- Cherry Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roseboom
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Valley is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Valley
- Middle Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Middle Village is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Village
- Pleasant Brook
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Brook is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Brook
- Springfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Springfield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Middlefield Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield Center is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield Center
- Springfield Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Calcutta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Calcutta is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcutta
- Decatur
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Decatur is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
- Middlefield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Middlefield is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlefield
- Westford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Saratoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Hagedorns Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hagedorns Mills is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagedorns Mills
- Whiteside Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whiteside Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteside Corners
- Galway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Charlton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- West Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Charlton
- Charlton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Charlton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlton
- Mosherville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mosherville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Birchton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Birchton is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchton
- Harmony Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Harmony Corners is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Corners
- Edinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Batchellerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Batchellerville is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batchellerville
- Rock City Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Ballston Center is located in Saratoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballston Center
- Schenectady County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Braman Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Braman Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braman Corners
- Mariaville Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mariaville Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariaville Lake
- Mariaville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Delanson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pattersonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Duanesburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duanesburg is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duanesburg
- Glenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Pattersonville - Rotterdam Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Rynex Corners is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rynex Corners
- Duane Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duane Lake is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duane Lake
- Rotterdam Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Princetown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Princetown is located in Schenectady County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princetown
- Scotia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Schoharie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Argusville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Argusville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argusville
- Sharon Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Leesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- Lawyersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lawyersville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawyersville
- Esperance
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Howes Cave
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Central Bridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Janesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Janesville is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janesville
- Seward
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seward is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seward
- Cobleskill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Warnerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Greenbush
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Greenbush is located in Schoharie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbush
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Yosts, see our County-by-County Page for Yosts.
Cemeteries Near Yosts ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yosts.
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 Yosts - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Yosts covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Montgomery County Home Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Mitchell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Nestle Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Currytown Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flanders Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olmstead Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Van Epps - Starin Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Village Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dillenback Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sitterly Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (458 more) ...
- Canajoharie Falls Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Prospect Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Haight Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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, Yosts had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Yosts, with the one closest to Yosts listed first.
- Randall
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Randall is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Sprakers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Currytown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Currytown is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currytown
- Rural Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rural Grove is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Grove
- Flat Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Creek is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Creek
- Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glen is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
- Fultonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fonda
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sammonsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sammonsville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sammonsville
- Stone Arabia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Arabia is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Arabia
- Palatine Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Canajoharie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Kecks Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kecks Center is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kecks Center
- Lykers
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lykers is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lykers
- Charleston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Charleston is located in Montgomery County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Yosts. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yosts.
Newspapers Published in Yosts ...
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 63 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yosts.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yosts, 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 Yosts.
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 Yosts:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Montgomery County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Albany County
- Fulton County
- Hamilton County
- Herkimer County
- Otsego County
- Saratoga County
- Schenectady County
- Schoharie 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 Yosts, 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- Yosts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |