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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 Put-in-Bay (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 Put-in-Bay. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Put-in-Bay 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 Put-in-Bay. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Put-in-Bay:

  • Ottawa County     (The home county of Put-in-Bay)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay listed first.
    • Isle Saint George
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Isle Saint George is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Saint George
    • Catawba Island
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
    • Violet ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Violet is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
    • Danbury
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Danbury is located in Ottawa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
    • Gypsum
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Marblehead
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Port Clinton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lacarne
      (14 miles [22.5 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
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Ridge
      (22 miles [35.4 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
    • Elmore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Erie County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay listed first.
    • Kelleys Island
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay View
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Venice
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Venice is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
    • Sandusky
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Castalia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Fairview Lanes
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
    • Bogart
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bogart is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
    • Huron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Avery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Avery is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • North Milan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • North Milan is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
    • Shinrock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Shinrock is located in Erie County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
    • Milan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Huron County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay listed first.
    • Monroeville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Hunts Corners
      (29 miles [46.7 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lorain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay listed first.
    • Vermilion
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Vermilion-on-the-Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lucas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay 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 Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay listed first.
    • Teemes ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Teemes is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
    • Vickery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Vickery is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
    • Erlin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Erlin is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
    • Shorewood Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
    • Kingsway
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingsway is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
    • Clyde
      (25 miles [40.2 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>
    • Green Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
    • Bellevue
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Fremont
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lindsey
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ballville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Ballville is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
    • Stony Prairie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
  • Seneca County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay listed first.
    • Flat Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Green Springs
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Monroe County (MI)
    • Stony Point
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Stony Point is located in Monroe County (MI)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point

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

Cemeteries Near Put-in-Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Put-in-Bay.

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 Put-in-Bay - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay listed first.

  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Maple Leaf Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Middle Bass Island Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • North Bass Island Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • K'burg Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Catawba Island Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Village Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lockwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sackett Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Shook Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Russian Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (136 more) ...

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 Put-in-Bay had a population of 282 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Put-in-Bay had a population of 141 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Put-in-Bay, with the one closest to Put-in-Bay listed first.

  • Catawba Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Catawba Island is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba Island
  • Isle Saint George
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Isle Saint George is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle Saint George
  • Lakeside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Violet ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Violet is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
  • Piccola ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Piccola is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piccola
  • Gypsum
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Danbury
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Danbury is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
  • Marblehead
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Clinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lacarne
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lacarne is located in Ottawa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacarne
  • Venice
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Venice is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
  • Sandusky
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Teemes ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Teemes is located in Sandusky County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
    • 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
    • Castalia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Put-in-Bay ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Put-in-Bay.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Put-in-Bay. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Put-in-Bay and those printed in the larger area surrounding Put-in-Bay.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Put-in-Bay.

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 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 Put-in-Bay:

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 Put-in-Bay, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Put-in-Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.