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 Siam (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 Siam. 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.
Siam is located in Seneca 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 Seneca County: Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Sandusky, Wood & Wyandot.
Below are the counties that are near Siam. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Siam:
- Seneca County (The home county of Siam)
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Attica Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Attica Junction is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica Junction
- Attica
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Omar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Caroline
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Caroline is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caroline
- Scipio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- West Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Carrothers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- Bloomville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Republic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Flat Rock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Melmore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Melmore is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmore
- Watson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Watson is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watson
- Watson has also been known as:
- Watson Station
- Watsons Station
- Ashland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Ruggles
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Ruggles is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruggles
- Savannah
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bailey Lakes is located in Ashland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
- Nova
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Champaign County
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Champaign County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- New Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chatfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Chatfield is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
- North Auburn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Auburn is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Auburn
- Tiro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Broken Sword
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Broken Sword is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Sword
- Broken Sword has also been known as:
- Bloody Corners
- Porterville
- Wingarts Corners
- Wingert Corners
- Wingerts Corners
- Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Lemert
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lemert is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemert
- Bucyrus
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Leesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Leesville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesville
- North Robinson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- North Robinson is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
- Oceola
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oceola is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceola
- Crestline
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Erie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Milan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Avery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Avery is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
- North Milan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- North Milan is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Milan
- Castalia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Berlinville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Berlinville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlinville
- Bogart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bogart is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogart
- Venice
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Venice is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venice
- Berlin Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shinrock is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinrock
- Bay View
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sandusky
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Lanes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Lanes is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview Lanes
- Hancock County
- West Independence
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Huron County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Willard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Celeryville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Celeryville is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeryville
- Coble Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Coble Village is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coble Village
- New Haven
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Haven is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Steuben
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Steuben is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Hunts Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hunts Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Hunts Corners has also been known as:
- Moorehead
- North Fairfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- North Fairfield is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fairfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
- Peru
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peru is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Delphi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Delphi is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphi
- Monroeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Norwalk
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Olena
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Olena is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olena
- Lorain County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Rochester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rochester is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
- Brighton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Brighton is located in Lorain County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
- Marion County
- Martel
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Martel is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Blooming Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Blooming Grove is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming Grove
- Iberia
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Iberia is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iberia
- Ottawa County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Danbury
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Danbury is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danbury
- Gypsum
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Port Clinton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Violet ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Violet is located in Ottawa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet
- Richland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Plymouth is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,789 people
- Forest ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Forest is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Shiloh
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shelby
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Bethlehem is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Vernon Junction
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Vernon Junction is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Junction
- Ganges
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ganges is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ganges
- Shenandoah
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Shenandoah is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
- Maybee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Maybee is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybee
- Ontario
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Olivesburg is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivesburg
- Alta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alta is located in Richland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Bellevue
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clyde
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Green Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Green Creek is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Creek
- Erlin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Erlin is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erlin
- Vickery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Vickery is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vickery
- Ballville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Ballville is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballville
- Teemes ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Teemes is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teemes
- Fremont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Burgoon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Gabels Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gabels Corner is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabels Corner
- Stony Prairie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Stony Prairie is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Prairie
- Shorewood Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Shorewood Village is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shorewood Village
- Wyandot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Duenquat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Duenquat is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duenquat
- Mexico
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mexico is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Sycamore
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sycamore is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Belle Vernon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Belle Vernon is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Vernon
- Nevada
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
- Wyandot
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wyandot is located in Wyandot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyandot
- Carey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Harpster
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Siam, see our County-by-County Page for Siam.
Cemeteries Near Siam ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Siam.
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 Siam - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Siam covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Attica Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Caroline Lutheran Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Omar Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Assumption Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bethel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Armstrong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Swamp Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boughton Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Stephens Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buchman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (460 more) ...
- Moore - Fackler Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore - Fackler Cemetery
- The Moore - Fackler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bullhead Cemetery
- Fackler Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
- Richmond Twp. Cemetery
- Richmond Twp. Pauper Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2449713 <2>
- Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Willard.
- The Trinity Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1978214 <2>
- Centerton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Siam had a population of 91 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Siam, with the one closest to Siam listed first.
- Attica
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Omar
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Omar is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omar
- Relief ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Relief is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Reedtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Reedtown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedtown
- Scipio
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Scipio is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipio
- Saint Stephens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Stephens is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Stephens
- Carrothers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Carrothers is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrothers
- West Lodi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Lodi is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lodi
- Bloomville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Havana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Havana is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Bismarck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bismarck is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
- Frank
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Frank is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Republic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- New Washington
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Weavers Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Weavers Corners is located in Huron County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Corners
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Siam. See our List of 1890's Communities around Siam.
Newspapers Published in Siam ...
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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Siam.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Siam, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Siam.
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 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 Siam:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ashland County
- Champaign County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Hancock County
- Huron County
- Lorain County
- Marion County
- Morrow County
- Ottawa County
- Richland County
- Sandusky County
- Wyandot 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> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <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 Siam, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Siam) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |