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 Jay See Landing (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 Jay See Landing. 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 Jay See Landing ...

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 Jay See Landing: Jay See Lndg. (or less commonly used: Jay See Lndng.)

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Jay See Landing is located in Lake County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Cook, Saint Louis, Ashland (WI), Bayfield (WI) & Douglas (WI).

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

• Lake County     (The home county of Jay See Landing)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Jay See Landing, with the one closest to Jay See Landing listed first.
  • Murphy City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy City
    • Murphy City is located in Lake County
  • Isabella
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
    • Isabella is located in Lake County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isabella <2>
  • Jordan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jordan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
    • Jordan is located in Lake County
  • Finland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finland
    • Finland is located in Lake County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Finland <2>
  • Illgen City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illgen City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illgen City
    • Illgen City is located in Lake County
  • Silver Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bay
    • Silver Bay is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,751 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Bay <2>
  • Beaver Crossing
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Crossing
    • Beaver Crossing is located in Lake County
  • Beaver Bay
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bay
    • Beaver Bay is located in Lake County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver Bay <2>
• Cook County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Jay See Landing, with the one closest to Jay See Landing listed first.
  • Schroeder
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schroeder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schroeder
    • Schroeder is located in Cook County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Schroeder <2>
  • Tofte
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tofte have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tofte
    • Tofte is located in Cook County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tofte <2>
• Saint Louis County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Jay See Landing, with the one closest to Jay See Landing listed first.
  • Babbitt
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Babbitt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
    • Babbitt is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,471 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Babbitt <2>
  • Breda
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breda
    • Breda is located in Saint Louis County
  • Brimson
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimson
    • Brimson is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brimson <2>
  • Allen
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
    • Allen is located in Saint Louis County
    • Allen has also been known as:
    • Allen Junction
  • Hoyt Lakes
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoyt Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt Lakes
    • Hoyt Lakes is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,927 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoyt Lakes <2>
  • Ely
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ely have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Ely is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,325 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <2>
  • Winton
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
    • Winton is located in Saint Louis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people

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

Newspapers Published in Jay See Landing ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jay See Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jay See Landing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jay See Landing.

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 Jay See Landing:

• Websites specific to Minnesota
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Minnesota State Archives

• Pages specific to Lake County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Cook County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Saint Louis County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Minnesota
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Cemeteries of Lake County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Minnesota
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Minnesota

Cemeteries Near Jay See Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jay See Landing.

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 Jay See Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Isabella Memorial Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Isabella Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Isabella Memorial Cemetery
• Finland Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finland Cemetery
• Bassett Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bassett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bassett Cemetery
• Toimi Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toimi Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toimi Cemetery
• Birch Lake Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Birch Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Birch Lake Cemetery
• Brimson Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brimson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brimson Cemetery
• Schroeder Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schroeder Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schroeder Cemetery
• Argo Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Argo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Argo Cemetery
• Tofte Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tofte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tofte Cemetery
• Ely Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ely Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ely 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.<4>

While we didn't find Jay See Landing in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jay See Landing.

• Beaver Bay
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Bay
  • Beaver Bay is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver Bay <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecnty.com/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/