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 Speece (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 Speece. 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 northeast 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 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.
Speece is located in Gilliam 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 Gilliam County: Morrow, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler & Klickitat (WA).
Below are the counties that are near Speece. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Speece:
- Gilliam County (The home county of Speece)
- The following are listed by their distance from Speece, with the one closest to Speece listed first.
- Clem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clem is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Olex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Olex is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
- Condon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Ajax ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ajax is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Mayville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Lonerock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
- Morrow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speece, with the one closest to Speece listed first.
- Gooseberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Ione
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eightmile
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eightmile is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hardman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hardman is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
- Hardman has also been known as:
- Dairyville
- Dogtown
- Raw Dog
- Yaller Dog
- Heppner
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sherman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speece, with the one closest to Speece listed first.
- Monkland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monkland is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
- Emigrant Springs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Emigrant Springs is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigrant Springs
- Klondike
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Klondike is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Sinks ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sinks is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks
- De Moss Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- De Moss Springs is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Moss Springs
- Gordon ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Moro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rosebush ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rosebush is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebush
- Wasco
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kent
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grass Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wheeler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Speece, with the one closest to Speece listed first.
- Fossil
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Kinzua ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kinzua is located in Wheeler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinzua
- Klickitat County (WA)
- Roosevelt
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Speece, see our County-by-County Page for Speece.
Cemeteries Near Speece ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Speece.
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 Speece - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Speece covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Speece, with the one closest to Speece listed first.
- Flett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clem Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Brown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Olex Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Potters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- King of Peace Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Masonic Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- St. Joseph Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Igo Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tommy Dean Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tommy Dean Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Tommy Dean Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast of Arlington.
- Gooseberry Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Cyrus Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eightmile Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Valby Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
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>
While we didn't find Speece in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Speece.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Speece, with the one closest to Speece listed first.
- Clem
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Clem is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
- Olex
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Olex is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
- Igo ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Igo is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Igo
- Condon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Gooseberry
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
- Ajax ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ajax is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
- Ione
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cecil is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
- Eightmile
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Eightmile is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
- Mayville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Mayville is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Arlington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lexington
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ella
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ella is located in Morrow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Monkland
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Monkland is located in Sherman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monkland
- Lonerock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lonerock is located in Gilliam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonerock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Speece. See our List of 1890's Communities around Speece.
Newspapers Published in Speece ...
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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Speece.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Speece, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Speece.
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 Speece:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Gilliam County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Morrow County
- Sherman County
- Wheeler County
- Klickitat County
- 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> | 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- Speece) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Speece, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |