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 Sitkum (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 Sitkum. 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 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.
Sitkum is located in Coos 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 Coos County: Curry & Douglas.
Below are the counties that are near Sitkum. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Sitkum:
- Coos County (The home county of Sitkum)
- The following are listed by their distance from Sitkum, with the one closest to Sitkum listed first.
- Dora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dora is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Remote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bridge is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
- Gravelford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gravelford is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelford
- Myrtle Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Norway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Coquille
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Broadbent
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Etelka ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Etelka is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etelka
- Arago
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arago is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Coos City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coos City is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coos City
- Powers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Sitkum, with the one closest to Sitkum listed first.
- Camas Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tenmile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lookingglass
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Lookingglass is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookingglass
- Brockway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Brockway is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockway
- Melrose
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Melrose is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Cleveland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cleveland is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Dillard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Winston
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Green
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Green is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
- Umpqua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Roseburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Winchester
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Riddle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riddle is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,216 people
- Former names for Riddle:
- Riddles
- Riddlesburg
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riddle <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Sitkum, see our County-by-County Page for Sitkum.
Cemeteries Near Sitkum ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sitkum.
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 Sitkum - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Sitkum covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Sitkum, with the one closest to Sitkum listed first.
- Dora Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fetter Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gravelford Pioneer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Enchanted Prairie Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murray Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Noah Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Thrush Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Day Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Patterson Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martindale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lee Valley Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Continue List (78 more) ...
- Norris - Barker Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Myrtle Point Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Point Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Myrtle Point Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Myrtle Point.
- The Myrtle Point Cemetery has also been known as:
- Myrtle Point Pioneer Cemetery
- Old Myrtle Point Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2230186 <2>
- Garrett Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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 in 1895, Sitkum had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Sitkum, with the one closest to Sitkum listed first.
- Dora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dora is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Remote
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lee ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lee is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Gravelford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gravelford is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelford
- Fairview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fairview is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Camas Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Reston is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reston
- Norway
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Myrtle Point
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tenmile
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bancroft
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bancroft is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Olalla
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Olalla is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olalla
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Coquille
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Arago
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Arago is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
- Etelka ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Etelka is located in Coos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etelka
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Sitkum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sitkum.
Newspapers Published in Sitkum ...
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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sitkum.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sitkum, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sitkum.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Sitkum:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Coos County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
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 Sitkum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Sitkum) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |