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 Lakeside (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 Lakeside. 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 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.
Lakeside is located in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County: Erie, Lucas, Sandusky & Wood.
Below are the counties that are near Lakeside. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakeside:
- Ottawa County (The home county of Lakeside)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Marblehead
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Catawba Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Danbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Gypsum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Put-in-Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Port Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Isle Saint George
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Isle Saint George is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Saint George
- Lacarne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
- Locust Point
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
- Oak Harbor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Rocky Ridge is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 407 people
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Kelleys Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Sandusky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Venice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Bay View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Lanes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Castalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bogart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Huron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Avery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- North Milan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Shinrock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Milan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Monroeville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hunts Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- Norwalk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Collins
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Collins is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
- East Townsend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- East Townsend is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Townsend
- Peru
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Hartland Station
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland Station is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Station
- Wakeman
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Olena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- West Clarksfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Clarksfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Clarksfield
- Steuben
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Vermilion
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Vermilion-on-the-Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brownhelm Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brownhelm Station is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownhelm Station
- Henrietta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Henrietta is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Amherst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Kipton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kipton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kipton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- South Amherst
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Amherst is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Amherst
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,663 people
- Lorain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Bono
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bono is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
- Yondota
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Yondota is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yondota
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Vickery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Erlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Bellevue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Shorewood Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Clyde
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Green Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Kingsway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
- Fremont
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ballville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Stony Prairie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Lindsey
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Flat Rock
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Green Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- West Lodi
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Omar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Watson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakeside, see our County-by-County Page for Lakeside.
Cemeteries Near Lakeside ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeside.
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 Lakeside - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakeside covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Russian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Woolcot Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Clemmons Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Marys Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sackett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Confederate Stockade Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lockwood Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Catawba Island Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Village Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- K'burg Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Shook Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Dewelle Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cholera Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Lakeside had a population of 71 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakeside, with the one closest to Lakeside listed first.
- Marblehead
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Piccola ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Piccola is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piccola
- Violet ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Danbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Catawba Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
- Gypsum
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Venice
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Sandusky
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Put-in-Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Port Clinton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Castalia
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Bogart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Whitmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whitmore is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitmore
- Isle Saint George
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Isle Saint George is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Saint George
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakeside. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeside.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lakeside ...
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 61 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeside.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lakeside. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lakeside and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lakeside.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of Lakeside.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Lakeside:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ottawa County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Erie County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Lucas County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca 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> | 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 Lakeside, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Lakeside) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |