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 Fireside (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 Fireside. 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.
Fireside is located in Seneca County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Fireside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fireside:
- Seneca County (The home county of Fireside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Flat Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- West Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Omar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Green Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Republic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Attica Junction
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Scipio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Watson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Attica
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Caroline
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Bloomville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Seneca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fort Seneca is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Seneca
- Ashland County
- Ruggles
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- New Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Auburn
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Chatfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- Broken Sword
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Benton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Tiro
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lemert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Oceola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Bucyrus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Castalia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Milan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Avery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- Venice
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- North Milan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Bay View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Bogart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Sandusky
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Berlinville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Huron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Hancock County
- West Independence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Hunts Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Monroeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Peru
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Steuben
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Norwalk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Willard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- North Fairfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Olena
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Delphi
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Danbury
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Gypsum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Port Clinton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Lacarne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Marblehead
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Harbor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Elmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Put-in-Bay
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Locust Point
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Plymouth
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Ganges
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Vernon Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Shenandoah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clyde
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vickery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Erlin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Green Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Ballville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Fremont
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Stony Prairie
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Gabels Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Burgoon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Wood County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Risingsun
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Risingsun is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Risingsun
- Population from the 2020 Census: 630 people
- Risingsun has also been known as:
- Risingsun village
- Bradner
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Wayne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Millgrove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Millgrove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Mexico
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Duenquat
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Sycamore
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fireside, see our County-by-County Page for Fireside.
Cemeteries Near Fireside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fireside.
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 Fireside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fireside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Fireside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Thompson Center Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Underhill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Flat Rock Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Payne Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- York Free Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Gilbert Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Adams Lutheran Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Block Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (396 more) ...
- Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Bellevue Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- St. Paul's UCC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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, Fireside had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Fireside, with the one closest to Fireside listed first.
- Flat Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Frank
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frank is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- Colby
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Colby is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- West Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Weavers Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Weavers Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Corners
- Bellevue
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reedtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reedtown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedtown
- Clyde
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Omar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Bismarck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bismarck is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
- Green Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Republic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lyme ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lyme is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyme
- Scipio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Siam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Siam is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siam
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fireside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fireside.
Newspapers Published in Fireside ...
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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fireside.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fireside, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fireside.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Fireside:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Wood County
- Wyandot County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
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 Fireside, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fireside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |