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 (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. 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 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 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.
Windsor 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. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Windsor:
- Ashtabula County (The home county of Windsor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Orwell
(3 miles [4.8 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
- Dodgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Colebrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- East Trumbull
(8 miles [12.9 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
- New Lyme
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Roaming Shores
(9 miles [14.5 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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rays Corners is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rays Corners
- Eagleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Rowenton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rowenton is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowenton
- Cuyahoga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Chagrin Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Gates Mills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hunting Valley
(24 miles [38.6 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
(26 miles [41.8 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 Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mayfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Moreland Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pepper Pike
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Highland Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lyndhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Orange
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Solon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Woodmere
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Franklin County
- Hilltop
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Geauga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Huntsburg
(6 miles [9.7 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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Middlefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- East Claridon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- East Claridon is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Claridon
- Burton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thompson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Aquilla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Aquilla is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aquilla
- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
- Parkman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- West Bass Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- West Bass Lake is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bass Lake
- Welshfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Welshfield is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welshfield
- Chardon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Auburn Corners
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn Corners is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn Corners
- Yates Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- 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 Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Madison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Perry
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- North Madison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- North Madison is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Madison
- 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
- Painesville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pecks Corners is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecks Corners
- Fairport Harbor
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kirtland Hills
(22 miles [35.4 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
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mentor
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Waite Hill
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Waite Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 452 people
- Brentwood
(24 miles [38.6 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, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Mineral Ridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Craig Beach
(29 miles [46.7 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
- North Jackson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Austintown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Portage County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- 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
- Garrettsville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Windham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mantua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Drakesburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakesburg
- Evergreen Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
- Wayland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wayland is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayland
- Aurora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Augerburg is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augerburg
- Camelot Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Camelot Village is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot Village
- Streetsboro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittles Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Doolittles Corners is located in Portage County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doolittles Corners
- Summit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Reminderville
(27 miles [43.5 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
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trumbull County
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Mesopotamia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bristolville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Farmington is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- West Farmington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Greene
(10 miles [16.1 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
- Gustavus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Mecca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mecca is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
- Wildare
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Wildare is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildare
- Barclay
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Delightful
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Delightful is located in Trumbull County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delightful
- Cortland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Kinsman
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Crawford County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Espyville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Pymatuning South
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Turner is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Westford
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Westford is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning North
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pymatuning North is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning North
- Linesville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Hartstown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Adamsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Mercer County (PA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Jamestown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Greenville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Osgood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Shenango
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Clark
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grove City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- York County (PA)
- Adamsville
(29 miles [46.7 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, see our County-by-County Page for Windsor.
Cemeteries Near Windsor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Windsor.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Windsor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Windsor Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Windsor Corners Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Windsor Mill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Windsor Mills Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Loomis Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- North Orwell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 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.
- Southeast Hartsgrove Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Latimer Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- South Orwell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Hartsgrove Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Clark Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (338 more) ...
- Fairview Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Brownwood Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rome Center Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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 had a population of 284 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Windsor, with the one closest to Windsor listed first.
- Windsor Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Windsor Mills is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor Mills
- Orwell
(3 miles [4.8 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
- East Orwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Orwell is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Orwell
- Mesopotamia
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- North Bloomfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Lyme Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Lyme Station is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme Station
- Rome
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rome is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
- Huntsburg
(6 miles [9.7 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
- Dodgeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Montville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montville is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montville
- Middlefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bundysburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bundysburg is located in Geauga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bundysburg
- Colebrook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- South New Lyme
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South New Lyme
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Windsor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Windsor.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Windsor ...
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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around Windsor.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Windsor. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Windsor and those printed in the larger area surrounding Windsor.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> of Windsor.
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:
- 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, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Windsor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |