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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 Middle Bass (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 Middle Bass. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Middle Bass 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 Middle Bass. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Middle Bass:

  • Ottawa County     (The home county of Middle Bass)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Bass, with the one closest to Middle Bass listed first.
    • Put-in-Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Isle Saint George
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Isle Saint George is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Saint George
    • Catawba Island
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
    • Violet ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Violet is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
    • Marblehead
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Danbury
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Danbury is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
    • Gypsum
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Port Clinton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lacarne
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
    • Locust Point
      (16 miles [25.7 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 southwest)
    • Rocky Ridge
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 Middle Bass, with the one closest to Middle Bass listed first.
    • Kelleys Island
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay View
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Sandusky
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Venice
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Venice is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
    • Castalia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Fairview Lanes
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
    • Bogart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bogart is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
    • Huron
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Avery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Avery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • North Milan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • North Milan is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
    • Shinrock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Shinrock is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
    • Berlin Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Huron County
    • Monroeville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lorain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Bass, with the one closest to Middle Bass listed first.
    • Vermilion
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Vermilion-on-the-Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lucas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Bass, with the one closest to Middle Bass listed first.
    • Bono
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Bono is located in Lucas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Yondota
      (25 miles [40.2 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 Middle Bass, with the one closest to Middle Bass listed first.
    • Teemes ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Teemes is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
    • Vickery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Vickery is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
    • Erlin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Erlin is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
    • Shorewood Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
    • Kingsway
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
    • Clyde
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Clyde is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clyde <1>
    • Fremont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Creek
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
    • Lindsey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellevue
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Stony Prairie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
    • Ballville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ballville is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
  • Seneca County
    • Flat Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
  • Monroe County (MI)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Bass, with the one closest to Middle Bass listed first.
    • Stony Point
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Stony Point is located in Monroe County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Estral Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Estral Beach is located in Monroe County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estral Beach
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people

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

Cemeteries Near Middle Bass ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middle Bass.

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 Middle Bass - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Middle Bass Island Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • North Bass Island Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Maple Leaf Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Village Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • K'burg Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Catawba Island Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Lockwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Sackett Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Russian Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (111 more) ...
    • St. Marys Byzantine Catholic Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Clemmons Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Shook Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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>

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

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

  • Put-in-Bay
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Isle Saint George
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Isle Saint George is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Saint George
  • Catawba Island
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
  • Lakeside
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Violet ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Violet is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
  • Piccola ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Piccola is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piccola
  • Marblehead
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Gypsum
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Danbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Danbury is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
  • Port Clinton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Locust Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Locust Point is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
  • Lacarne
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Venice
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Venice is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
    • Sandusky
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Teemes ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Teemes is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes

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

Newspapers Published in Middle Bass ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middle Bass.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middle Bass, 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 Middle Bass.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Middle Bass:

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 Middle Bass, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Middle Bass) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.