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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 McKee Bridge (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 McKee Bridge. 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 McKee Bridge ...

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 McKee Bridge: McKee Brg. (or less commonly used: McKee Brdg. or McKee Brdge.)

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 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.

McKee Bridge is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Siskiyou (CA), Douglas, Josephine & Klamath.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of McKee Bridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McKee Bridge, with the one closest to McKee Bridge listed first.
    • Buncom
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Buncom is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
    • Ruch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Copper ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Copper is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
    • Sterlingville ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
    • Applegate
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Provolt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Provolt is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provolt
    • Jacksonville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Phoenix
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Medford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Talent
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Central Point
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashland
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Josephine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McKee Bridge, with the one closest to McKee Bridge listed first.
    • Williams
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hope
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • New Hope is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Fruitdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Grants Pass
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Redwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Redwood is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Althouse ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Althouse is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
    • Wilderville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Brown City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Brown City is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown City
    • Cave Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Kerby
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Selma
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Siskiyou County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McKee Bridge, with the one closest to McKee Bridge listed first.
    • Seiad Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Hamburg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Klamath River
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Scott Bar
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Happy Camp
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hornbrook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near McKee Bridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McKee Bridge.

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 McKee Bridge - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Steamboat Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sterling Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sterlingville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Logtown Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Logtown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ruch.
    • The Logtown Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Log Town Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39053 <2>
  • Griffin Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sparlin Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Missouri Flat Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Gotcher Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Memory Gardens Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jacksonville Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...
    • Stearn Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dunkard Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Phoenix Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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.<4>

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

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

  • Steamboat
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Steamboat is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat
  • Applegate
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Williams
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jacksonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Draper ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Draper is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
  • Phoenix
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Talent
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Medford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Central Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Ashland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Seiad Valley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Rock Point ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Murphy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakbar
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
    • Tolo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Tolo is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo

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

Newspapers Published in McKee Bridge ...

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 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around McKee Bridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McKee Bridge, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McKee Bridge.

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 websites either 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 McKee Bridge:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- McKee Bridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 McKee Bridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.