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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 Linslaw (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 Linslaw. 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 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.

Linslaw is located in Lane County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lane County: Benton, Deschutes, Douglas, Klamath, Lincoln & Linn.

Below are the counties that are near Linslaw. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Linslaw:

  • Lane County     (The home county of Linslaw)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linslaw, with the one closest to Linslaw listed first.
    • Walton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deadwood
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Swisshome
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mapleton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Alpha
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Alpha is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Point Terrace
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Point Terrace is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Terrace
    • Noti
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Long Tom
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Long Tom is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
    • Blachly
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Elmira
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Veneta
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Crow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Crow is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linslaw, with the one closest to Linslaw listed first.
    • Alsea
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Monroe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linslaw, with the one closest to Linslaw listed first.
    • Scottsburg ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Elkton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Gardiner
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Drain
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Drain is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drain <1>
    • Reedsport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Curtin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linslaw, with the one closest to Linslaw listed first.
    • Yachats
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tidewater
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Westwood Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Westwood Village is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Linslaw, see our County-by-County Page for Linslaw.

Cemeteries Near Linslaw ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linslaw.

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 Linslaw - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Linslaw covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Linslaw, with the one closest to Linslaw listed first.

  • Linslaw Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Alma Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Alma Cemetery is located 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the southwest of Veneta.
    • The Alma Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Layne Cemetery
    • Mound Cemetery
    • Pettit Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2242280 <3>
  • Walton Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Deadwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Chickahominy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • IOOF - Mapleton Lodge #3139 Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Indian Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sailor Pioneer - Noti Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Stephens S S Heirs Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Blachly Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gunter Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mounse Burial
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (69 more) ...
    • Gates Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Goldson Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Haring Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)

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.<4>

While we didn't find Linslaw in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Linslaw.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Linslaw, with the one closest to Linslaw listed first.

  • Walton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Deadwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Siuslaw ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Siuslaw is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siuslaw
  • Alpha
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Alpha is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Point Terrace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Point Terrace is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Terrace
  • Alma
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Alma is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
  • Long Tom
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Long Tom is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
  • Elmira
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Crow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Crow is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
  • Sulphur Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Hadleyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hadleyville is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleyville
  • Acme
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Acme is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Florence
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Glenada
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Glenada is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenada
    • Franklin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklin is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Linslaw. See our List of 1890's Communities around Linslaw.

Newspapers Published in Linslaw ...

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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linslaw.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linslaw, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linslaw.

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 Linslaw:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Linslaw) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Linslaw, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.