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 Shade River (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 Shade River. 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 Shade River ...
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 Shade River: Shade Riv.
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 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.
Shade River is located in Meigs 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 Meigs County: Athens, Gallia, Vinton, Jackson (WV), Mason (WV) & Wood (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Shade River. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Shade River:
- Meigs County (The home county of Shade River)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Keno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keno is located in Meigs County
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- Bashan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bashan is located in Meigs County
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- Spiller
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spiller is located in Meigs County
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- Portland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tuppers Plains
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Dorcas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dorcas is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Racine
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Syracuse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Welshtown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Welshtown is located in Meigs County
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- Plants
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Plants is located in Meigs County
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- Pomeroy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Letart Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Letart Falls is located in Meigs County
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- Thomas Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Thomas Village is located in Meigs County
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- Athens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Vanderhoof
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Vanderhoof is located in Athens County
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- Coolville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Youba
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Youba is located in Athens County
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- Pratts Fork
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pratts Fork is located in Athens County
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- Guysville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Guysville is located in Athens County
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- Carsey Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Carsey Town is located in Athens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsey Town
- Shade
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beebe
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Beebe is located in Athens County
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- Stewart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Stewart is located in Athens County
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- Big Run
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Big Run is located in Athens County
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- Armadale
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Armadale is located in Athens County
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- Albany
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Athens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gallia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Carlton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carlton is located in Gallia County
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- Cheshire
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Cheshire is located in Gallia County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
- Kyger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Kyger is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyger
- Westbrook Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Westbrook Village is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook Village
- Gallipolis
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kerr
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Kerr is located in Gallia County
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- Mills Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mills Village is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mills Village
- Ewington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ewington is located in Gallia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ewington
- Vinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Rodney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rodney is located in Gallia County
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- Alice
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Alice is located in Gallia County
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- Morgan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Joy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Joy is located in Morgan County
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- Chesterhill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wrightstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Wrightstown is located in Morgan County
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- Vinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Vales Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Vales Mills is located in Vinton County
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- Wilkesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Wilkesville is located in Vinton County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 144 people
- Arbaugh
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Arbaugh is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbaugh
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Redbush
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Redbush is located in Washington County
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- Fillmore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Fillmore is located in Washington County
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- Porterfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Porterfield is located in Washington County
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- Decaturville
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Decaturville is located in Washington County
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- Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Corner is located in Washington County
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- Rockland
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Rockland is located in Washington County
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- Belpre
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Napier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Napier is located in Washington County
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- Vincent
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vincent is located in Washington County
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- Barlow
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Barlow is located in Washington County
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- Wolf Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wolf Creek is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Creek
- Watertown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Watertown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Harmar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harmar is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmar
- Jackson County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Neptune
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Neptune is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Skull Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skull Run is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Run
- Mozelle ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mozelle is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mozelle
- Sherman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sherman is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Willowdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Willowdale is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowdale
- Browning ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Browning is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Ravenswood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Beatysville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Beatysville is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatysville
- Wilding
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilding is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilding
- Medina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medina is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
- Flatwoods
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Flatwoods is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
- Millwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Millwood is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Mason County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Hartford City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford City is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
- New Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Letart
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Letart is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letart
- Clifton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Sassafras
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sassafras is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- West Columbia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Columbia is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Columbia
- Flatrock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Flatrock is located in Mason County (WV)
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- Baden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Baden is located in Mason County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baden
- York
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Mason County (WV)
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- Meadowbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowbrook is located in Mason County (WV)
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- Brighton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brighton is located in Mason County (WV)
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- Point Pleasant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ritchie County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Cisco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cisco is located in Ritchie County (WV)
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- Petroleum
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Petroleum is located in Ritchie County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petroleum
- Rusk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rusk is located in Ritchie County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rusk
- Roane County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Reedy
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy is located in Roane County (WV)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Flint Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Flint Town is located in Roane County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Millard
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Millard is located in Roane County (WV)
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- Spencer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Zona is located in Roane County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
- Wirt County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Windy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Windy is located in Wirt County (WV)
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- Peewee
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Peewee is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
- Palestine
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Palestine is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Elizabeth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Newark
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Newark is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
- Greencastle
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Greencastle is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Lucile
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Lucile is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
- Freeport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Freeport is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Burning Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Burning Springs is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Springs
- Creston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Creston is located in Wirt County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creston
- Wood County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Wesley ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Wesley is located in Wood County (WV)
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- Eli
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eli is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eli
- Lubeck
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lubeck is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubeck
- Pleasant View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant View is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blennerhassett
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Blennerhassett is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
- Mineral Acres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mineral Acres is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Acres
- Mineral Wells
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Parkersburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leachtown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Leachtown is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leachtown
- Slate
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Slate is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate
- Kanawha
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kanawha is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha
- Vienna
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Shade River, see our County-by-County Page for Shade River.
Cemeteries Near Shade River ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shade River.
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 Shade River - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Shade River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Rainbow Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- DeWitt Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sand Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Stewart Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Coleman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brick Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ball Knob Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Howell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hawley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Johnson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keno Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cowdery Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (820 more) ...
- Sutton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Middleswart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laucks Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Shade River in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Shade River.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Shade River, with the one closest to Shade River listed first.
- Murraysville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Murraysville is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murraysville
- Hazael
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hazael is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazael
- Neptune
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Neptune is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neptune
- Long Bottom
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fayal ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fayal is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayal
- Bashan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bashan is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bashan
- Lone Cedar
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Cedar
- Keno
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Keno is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keno
- Skull Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skull Run is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skull Run
- Portland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Topins Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Topins Grove is located in Jackson County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topins Grove
- Belleville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Belleville is located in Wood County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Reedsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reedsville is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedsville
- Joppa
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Joppa is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joppa
- Chester
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chester is located in Meigs County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Shade River. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shade River.
Newspapers Published in Shade River ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shade River.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shade River, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shade River.
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 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 Shade River:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Meigs County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Athens County
- Gallia County
- Morgan County
- Vinton County
- Washington County
- Jackson County
- Mason County
- Ritchie County
- Roane County
- Wirt County
- Wood 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 Shade River, 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- Shade River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |