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 Windsor Mills (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 Windsor Mills. 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 Windsor Mills ...
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 Windsor Mills: Windsor Mls. (or less commonly used: Windsor Mlls.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Windsor Mills 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 Windsor Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Windsor Mills:
- Ashtabula County (The home county of Windsor Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Orwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- East Trumbull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- East Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Trumbull
- Trumbull
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Trumbull is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumbull
- Dodgeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Colebrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- New Lyme
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Roaming Shores
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roaming Shores is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roaming Shores
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,443 people
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Eagleville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Chagrin Falls
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Gates Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Bentleyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Bentleyville is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bentleyville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Mayfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Moreland Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Mayfield Heights
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pepper Pike
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Highland Heights
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lyndhurst
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Solon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- North Solon is located in Cuyahoga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Solon
- Orange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Huntsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Montville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Middlefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Burton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Aquilla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Thompson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Parkman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Chardon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Lake County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Madison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Madison
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Painesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- North Perry
(20 miles [32.2 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
- Pecks Corners
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Fairport Harbor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland Hills
(21 miles [33.8 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
- Grand River
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mentor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brentwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Brentwood is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brentwood
- Mahoning County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Craig Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Craig Beach is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
- Mineral Ridge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- North Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Garrettsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hiram
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mahoning
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Mahoning is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahoning
- Windham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Drakesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Mantua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Aurora
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Augerburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Camelot Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Reminderville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reminderville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reminderville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,643 people
- Twinsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Mesopotamia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bristolville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greene
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greene is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
- Wassie ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Wassie is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wassie
- Mecca
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Wildare
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Gustavus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Delightful
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Barclay
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Cortland
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Espyville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Turner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Westford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning South
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turnersville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Pymatuning North
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Linesville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adamsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Hartstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Mercer County (PA)
- Jamestown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(30 miles [48.3 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 Windsor Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Windsor Mills.
Cemeteries Near Windsor Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Windsor Mills.
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 Windsor Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Windsor Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Windsor Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Windsor Mill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Windsor Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Windsor Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Loomis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Southeast Hartsgrove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsburg Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- North Orwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Orwell Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the North Orwell Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Orwell.
- Huntsburg Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Latimer Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- South Orwell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
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 Windsor Mills had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Windsor Mills, with the one closest to Windsor Mills listed first.
- Windsor
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Orwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Hartsgrove is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsgrove
- Huntsburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Huntsburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,641 people
- Mesopotamia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Bloomfield
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Orwell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- East Orwell is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orwell
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Montville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Burton Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Burton Station is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton Station
- Middlefield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Lyme Station
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme Station is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme Station
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- East Claridon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Bundysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bundysburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundysburg
- South Thompson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- South Thompson is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Thompson
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Windsor Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Windsor Mills.
Newspapers Published in Windsor Mills ...
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 Windsor Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Windsor Mills, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Windsor Mills.
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 Windsor Mills:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ashtabula County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cuyahoga County
- Franklin County
- Geauga County
- Lake County
- Mahoning County
- Portage County
- Summit County
- Trumbull County
- Crawford 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> | 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 Windsor Mills, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Windsor Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |