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 Roaming Shores (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 Roaming Shores. 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 Roaming Shores ...
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.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Roaming Shores: Roaming Shrs.
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 hospitals and 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.
Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula 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 Ashtabula County: Geauga, Lake, Trumbull, Crawford (PA) & Erie (PA).
Below are the counties that are near Roaming Shores. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Roaming Shores:
- Ashtabula County (The home county of Roaming Shores)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Rock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rays Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Dodgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Eagleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Rowenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- East Trumbull
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Colebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Hartsgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Trumbull
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Montville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Thompson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- East Claridon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Middlefield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Bass Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Aquilla
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Burton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chardon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Parkman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Auburn Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Yates Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Corners
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Madison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Perry is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Perry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 885 people
- Painesville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Fairport Harbor
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grand River
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kirtland Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kirtland Hills is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
- Kirtland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mentor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Brentwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Mentor-on-the-Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Garrettsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hiram
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Greene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Gustavus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Mesopotamia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Barclay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Bristolville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mecca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Kinsman
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- West Farmington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Wildare
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Cortland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Superior ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Espyville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Pymatuning North
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Westford
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning South
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Linesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Hartstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Adamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Conneautville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dicksonburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Dicksonburg is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dicksonburg
- Springboro Station
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Springboro Station is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springboro Station
- Erie County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Tracy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Tracy is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
- Cherry Hill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Hill is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Pennside
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennside is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Keepville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Keepville is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keepville
- Albion
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cranesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Jamestown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Greenville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Osgood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Leechs Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Shenango
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Salem is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in York County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Roaming Shores, see our County-by-County Page for Roaming Shores.
Cemeteries Near Roaming Shores ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Roaming Shores.
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 Roaming Shores - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Roaming Shores covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Northeast Rome Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- North Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crosby Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rome Center Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hyde Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morgan Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Union Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morgan Union Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Rock Creek.
- The Morgan Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Rock Creek Center Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
- Morgan Twp. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan Twp. Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morgan Twp. Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the southwest of Jefferson.
- Dodgeville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Lenox Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- East Brownville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- East Lenox Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Colebrook Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (289 more) ...
- East Trumbull Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Southeast Hartsgrove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mechanicsville - Windsor Road Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Roaming Shores in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Roaming Shores.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Roaming Shores, with the one closest to Roaming Shores listed first.
- Rock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- New Lyme Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- New Lyme Station is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme Station
- Dodgeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- South New Lyme
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Lyme
- Sentinel
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sentinel is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sentinel
- Rowenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- East Trumbull
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Eagleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Hartsgrove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Orwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- East Orwell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- East Orwell is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orwell
- Colebrook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Jefferson
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Roaming Shores. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roaming Shores.
Newspapers Published in Roaming Shores ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Roaming Shores.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Roaming Shores, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Roaming Shores.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Roaming Shores:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ashtabula County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Portage County
- Trumbull County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Mercer County
- York 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roaming Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Roaming Shores, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |