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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 Zaza (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 Zaza. 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.

Zaza is located in Nez Perce County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Nez Perce County: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Wallowa (OR), Asotin (WA) & Whitman (WA).

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

  • Nez Perce County     (The home county of Zaza)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zaza, with the one closest to Zaza listed first.
    • Waha
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Waha is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waha
    • Sweetwater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Sweetwater is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Culdesac
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Lapwai
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Lapwai is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapwai
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapwai <1>
    • Lewiston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Chesley ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Chesley is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesley
    • North Lapwai
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Spalding
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Idaho County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zaza, with the one closest to Zaza listed first.
    • Keuterville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Boles
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Boles is located in Idaho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
    • Ferdinand
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Cottonwood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Greencreek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Greencreek is located in Idaho County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencreek
    • Fenn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zaza, with the one closest to Zaza listed first.
    • Winchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Slickpoo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Slickpoo is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickpoo
    • Craigmont
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Reubens
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Reubens is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reubens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
    • Ruebens
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Ruebens is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruebens
  • Wallowa County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zaza, with the one closest to Zaza listed first.
    • Flora ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Flora is located in Wallowa County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
    • Troy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Troy is located in Wallowa County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Asotin County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Zaza, with the one closest to Zaza listed first.
    • Anatone
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Asotin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Asotin is located in Asotin County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asotin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,292 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Asotin <1>
    • Cloverland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Cloverland is located in Asotin County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
    • Clarkston Heights - Vineland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarkston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • West Clarkston - Highland
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Silcott
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Silcott is located in Asotin County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silcott

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

Cemeteries Near Zaza ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Zaza.

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 Zaza - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Craige Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Theon Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Morrow Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Tammany Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Elk Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Paradise Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Craigmont Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Coldsprings Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Gold Ridge Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Asotin City Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asotin City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Asotin City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Asotin (WA).
    • The Asotin City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Asotin Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76703 <2>
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Sweetwater Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Lake Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lewis & Clark Memorial Gardens
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)

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 Zaza in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Zaza.

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

  • Waha
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Waha is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waha
  • Theon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Theon is located in Asotin County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theon
  • Anatone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Paradise
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Paradise is located in Wallowa County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Asotin
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Asotin is located in Asotin County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asotin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,292 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Asotin <1>
  • Cottonwood
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Flora ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Flora is located in Wallowa County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
  • Lewiston
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Silcott
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Silcott is located in Asotin County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silcott

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

Newspapers Published in Zaza ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Zaza.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Zaza, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Zaza.

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 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 Zaza:

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 Zaza, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zaza) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.