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 Alverno (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 Alverno. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Alverno is located in Manitowoc County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Manitowoc County: Brown, Calumet, Kewaunee & Sheboygan.
Below are the counties that are near Alverno. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Alverno:
- Manitowoc County (The home county of Alverno)
- The following are listed by their distance from Alverno, with the one closest to Alverno listed first.
- Newtonburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonburg
- Newtonburg is located in Manitowoc County
- Kellners Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellners Corners
- Kellners Corners is located in Manitowoc County
- Clover
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
- Clover is located in Manitowoc County
- Rube
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rube
- Rube is located in Manitowoc County
- Manitowoc
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowoc
- Manitowoc is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,359 people
- Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Branch is located in Manitowoc County
- Madsen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madsen
- Madsen is located in Manitowoc County
- Whitelaw
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
- Whitelaw is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 735 people
- Rockwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Rockwood is located in Manitowoc County
- Newton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Northeim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northeim
- Northeim is located in Manitowoc County
- Clarks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Clarks Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alverno, with the one closest to Alverno listed first.
- Wayside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayside
- Wayside is located in Brown County
- Denmark
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Denmark is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,271 people
- Lark
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
- Lark is located in Brown County
- Fontenoy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontenoy
- Fontenoy is located in Brown County
- Morrison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - Askeaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askeaton
- Askeaton is located in Brown County
- Glenmore
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Pine Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Pine Grove is located in Brown County
- Greenleaf
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenleaf
- Greenleaf is located in Brown County
- Poland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poland
- Poland is located in Brown County
- Bellevue
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Wrightstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
- Calumet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alverno, with the one closest to Alverno listed first.
- Brillion
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Potter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - New Holstein
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Holstein have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Holstein
- New Holstein is located in Calumet County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,105 people
- Hayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayton
- Hayton is located in Calumet County
- Forest Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Junction
- Forest Junction is located in Calumet County
- Chilton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Hilbert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Brant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Saint John
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Saint John is located in Calumet County
- Dundas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundas
- Dundas is located in Calumet County
- Harrison
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Harrison is located in Calumet County
- Sherwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Fond du Lac County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alverno, with the one closest to Alverno listed first.
- Saint Cloud
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Cloud have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
- Saint Cloud is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
- Garnet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garnet
- Garnet is located in Fond du Lac County
- Calvary
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Calumetville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumetville
- Calumetville is located in Fond du Lac County
- Johnsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest) - Mount Calvary
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Calvary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Calvary
- Mount Calvary is located in Fond du Lac County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
- Kewaunee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alverno, with the one closest to Alverno listed first.
- Bolt
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolt
- Bolt is located in Kewaunee County
- Stangelville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stangelville
- Stangelville is located in Kewaunee County
- Krok
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Pilsen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilsen
- Pilsen is located in Kewaunee County
- Ellisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellisville
- Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County
- Kewaunee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
- Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people
- Sheboygan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Alverno, with the one closest to Alverno listed first.
- Howards Grove
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howards Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howards Grove
- Howards Grove is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
- Elkhart Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhart Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhart Lake
- Elkhart Lake is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
- Kohler
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kohler
- Kohler is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people
- Sheboygan
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan
- Sheboygan is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,819 people
- Sheboygan Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheboygan Falls
- Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
- Glenbeulah
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenbeulah have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbeulah
- Glenbeulah is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Ourtown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ourtown
- Ourtown is located in Sheboygan County
- Waldo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
- Waldo is located in Sheboygan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Alverno, see our County-by-County Page for Alverno.
Newspapers Published in Alverno ...
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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alverno.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alverno, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alverno.
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 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 Alverno:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.wisconsinhistory.org/
- Pages specific to Manitowoc County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Brown County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Calumet County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Fond du Lac County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Kewaunee County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Sheboygan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Manitowoc County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Wisconsin
- Cemeteries of Manitowoc County
Cemeteries Near Alverno ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alverno.
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 Alverno covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Alverno, with the one closest to Alverno listed first.
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Josephs Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the east of Manitowoc.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2270458 <3>
- Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Cemetery has also been known as:
- Holy Family Convent Cemetery
- Sister Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2129744 <3>
- St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- The St. John's Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2297043 <3>
- Manitowoc County Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- The Manitowoc County Cemetery has also been known as:
- County Hospital Cemetery
- Manitowoc County Hospital Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manitowoc County Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2307927 <3>
- St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2286352 <3>
- Pleuss Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleuss Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2201910 <3>
- Branch Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Branch Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87624 <3>
- St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2221402 <3>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- The St. Peters Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Peter Catholic Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peters Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #89189 <3>
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2212432 <3>
- Evergreen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Manitowoc.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87895 <3>
- Manitowoc County Veterans Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Manitowoc County Veterans Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2521219 <3>
- Continue List (227 more) ...
- Gjerpen Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- The Gjerpen Cemetery has also been known as:
- East Valders Cemetery
- Gjerpen Lutheran Cemetery
- Madson Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gjerpen Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #88012 <3>
- Zion Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion Methodist Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the northeast of Manitowoc.
- The Zion Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Newton Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zion Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2349827 <3>
- Calvary Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #87680 <3>
- Gjerpen Cemetery
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.<5>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Alverno had a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Alverno, with the one closest to Alverno listed first.
- Newtonburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newtonburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtonburg
- Newtonburg is located in Manitowoc County
- Rube
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rube
- Rube is located in Manitowoc County
- Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branch
- Branch is located in Manitowoc County
- Manitowoc
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowoc
- Manitowoc is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,359 people
- Newton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Northeim
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northeim
- Northeim is located in Manitowoc County
- Clarks Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Mills
- Clarks Mills is located in Manitowoc County
- Cato
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cato
- Cato is located in Manitowoc County
- Osman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osman
- Osman is located in Manitowoc County
- Francis Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Creek
- Francis Creek is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Kingsbridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbridge
- Kingsbridge is located in Manitowoc County
- Taus
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taus
- Taus is located in Manitowoc County
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Grimms
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimms
- Grimms is located in Manitowoc County
- Saint Nazianz
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Nazianz
- Saint Nazianz is located in Manitowoc County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 750 people
- School Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Hill
- School Hill is located in Manitowoc County
- Grimms
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Alverno. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alverno.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alverno. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Manitowoc County: www.co.manitowoc.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alverno) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alverno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0840, Longitude: -87.7409 |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Alverno, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |